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Reference number

SM 40/2/48

Purpose

[34] Design for the partitions on the upper floors, 22 August 1801

Aspect

Section thro Shop

Scale

bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Messrs Praeds & Co / Fleet Street, labelled: Spring the / same height as / windows in / front, (in Soane's hand) a round Iron / with nuts & / screws to go / through each / of the Girders / & other Timbers / as shewn by / the dotted lines, Q[uarte]rs to be in / one length / the height of / both floors & / spiked on to / the plates & Braces / on each side and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 22 August 1801
    (Copy) Augt 22nd 1801

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown pen, sepia, light red and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (495 x 337)

Hand

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.

Notes

The partitions were added to this drawing by Soane. Partitions were required to strengthen the upper floors.

Level

Drawing

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

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