[17] Design for the front elevation, 4 July 1801

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  - London: 90 Fleet Street, City of London: new banking house for William Praed, 1801 (59)
    - Surveys and preliminary designs, June-July 1801 (18)

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Reference number

SM 40/2/44

Purpose

[17] Design for the front elevation, 4 July 1801

Aspect

Front elevation and section through frontage; (verso) details of attic cornice

Inscribed

Mess^rs Praeds & C^o / Fleet Street, labelled (in Soane's hand): A, B, Brick project 1 inch, A, B, Arches to spring 1½ above Impost, between Brick Walls, Center of Party Wall (twice) and dimensions given; (verso): Top of Cornice, Projection of Base, Plan of Attic Pil / ½ full size, These mould^gs determine / the thickness of the / Cills to the Attic Windows, Take this Cornice and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

4 July 1801
(in Soane's hand) July 4 1801; (verso) Aug 16 1801

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and light red washes (verso: brown pen), pricked for transfer on wove paper with two fold marks (638 x 530)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

WL 1794

Notes

Although this drawing corresponds to drawing [13], several alterations have been made by Soane. The width of the façade is 22 feet 7½ inches. The drawing was reused on 16 August when details of the attic cornice were drawn on the verso.

Level

Drawing

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