[56] Basement plan including drains and kitchen extension

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire): alterations and additions for W.H.Fellowes, 1804-07 (60)
    - Later record plans and elevation, October and November 1807 (5)

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Reference number

SM volume 64/109

Purpose

[56] Basement plan including drains and kitchen extension

Aspect

Planof the Basement Story of / Ramsey Abbey with the single storey wing at the western end

Scale

bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, W.H.Fellowes Esq^re, labelled Pump, Well (twice) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

09/10/1807
Oct^r 9^th 1807

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and blue washes, on laid paper (290 x 452)

Hand

James Adams (1785-1850, pupil May 1806- June 1809)?

Watermark

fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W

Notes

The drawings were made between 9 October and 16 November 1807 by the same office hand. During that period Soane had as pupils: George Bailey, George Underwood, Rob Chantrell, James Adams and Charles Malton as welll as an 'improver'- Francis Edwards, together with the assistant Henry Hake Seward. The drawings catalogued here could be by James Adams (1785-1850, pupil May 1806- June 1809) since the entry for 'Copying drawings into the book' appears over his name on the relevant pages of the office Day Book for October/November 1807. The point about this sort of copying by pupils was that they learned something about drawing and design and it also made a useful record of Soane's work that might, for example, be shown to future clients.

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Drawing

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