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Reference number

SM 46/5/2

Purpose

[40] Survey details of buttress

Aspect

face of Buttress, section and details (verso) details of carved masonry

Inscribed

as above, 5 flowers, A,B,C,D,E, Plan, dimensions given (verso) Ramsey Abbey, Bower (twice), 17 in punch, dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 07/07/1805
    July 7 : 1805

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen and pencil, hatching, on laid paper (310 x 410)
Pen and pencil, hatching on laid paper folded 3 times

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)

Watermark

Britannia in crowned oval and crowned GR 1804

Notes

Buttresses were an element in Soane's design for additions and alterations to the house though he did not attempt to reproduce the carved details of the old buttresses seen here.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk