[38] Rough designs for the entrance, 29 September 1801

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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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  - London: 90 Fleet Street, City of London: new banking house for William Praed, 1801 (59)
    - John Soane junior (1823-1848) [grandson], Sketchbook containing early studies in perspective, w/m: J. Whatman/1837. Marbled boards, leather spine (270 x 375)

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Reference number

SM 77/4/4

Purpose

[38] Rough designs for the entrance, 29 September 1801

Aspect

Details of door surround, fanlight and cornice

Inscribed

labelled: Door, Wood, 4.3, 8.6, Praed Digby Babbage / & Co, 6.6, Tablet, The same depth as Impost, Door, Fanlight

Signed and dated

29 September 1801
For Fleet Street Sep 29 1801

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and brown pen, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (517 x 681)

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)

Notes

This rough drawing in Soane's hands shows a design for the entrance to the banking house. The wooden door surround is ornamented with hemispherical bosses. The profile of the cornice above the door is shown to the left of the drawing - a dotted line shows the position of the tablet, which leans forwards and is engraved 'Praed Digby Babbage & Co'. Over the door is a fanlight.

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Drawing

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