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Survey drawings, 20 October 1800 and 24 January 1801 (4)

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Drawings 54 to 57 are all dated 20 October 1800 but show the house as it was before (partial) demolition began on the 6 October. It would be sensible to assume, therefore, that they are copies of earlier survey drawings.

Literature

J. Lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) and of George Dance the Elder (1695-1768) from the collection of Sir John Soane’s Museum, 2003, catalogue 68, pp.214-6

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Contents of Survey drawings, 20 October 1800 and 24 January 1801 (4)