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[2] Plan for design No.1 (15 August 1807)
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Reference number
SM 67/6/2
Purpose
[2] Plan for design No.1 (15 August 1807)
Aspect
Plan
Scale
bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan No 1 , Lobby and Shrine
Signed and dated
- 15/08/1807
Lincolns Inn Fields Augst 16:1807
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia washes, with multi-ruled and sepia wash border, on wove paper (317 x 435)
Hand
Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848)
(pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808)
(pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808)
Notes
The outline of the plan is the same as in subsequent plans. Here there is a lobby on an irregular plan that gives on to an apse which fronts a rectangular chamber that has eight columns supporting groin vaults. At the end is a wall tablet inscribed 'shrine'.
Level
drawing
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