[52] Design for the ground floor, 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)
    - Designs for offices at the rear of the site, February 1812 (8)

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Reference number

SM 40/2/34

Purpose

[52] Design for the ground floor, 1801

Aspect

Plan of the ground floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Mess^rs Praeds & C^o / Fleet Street, Design for the proposed New Banking House

Signed and dated

1801
1801

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink and yellow washes, pricked for transfer within triple ruled sepia and black wash border on wove paper (718 x 529)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

Hayes & Wise / 1799

Notes

The date of '1801' - along with the other inscriptions - was added to this drawing by a later hand, possibly that of the Museum's first curator, George Bailey. It may have been made at a later date. This suggestion is given weight by the pencil additions to the rear of the site which perhaps relate to designs for new offices that were made in February 1812. Another possibility is that the drawing was made in 1801 but the pencil alterations were added later. Alternatively it may be a copy of a drawing made in 1801.

Level

Drawing

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