[9] Record drawing, made 1794 or after

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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: St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Islington: unexecuted competition designs, 1777 (9)

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Reference number

SM 13/1/3

Purpose

[9] Record drawing, made 1794 or after

Aspect

Reduced copy of ground floor plan of SM 13/1/9 (competition design No. 7 with motto 'To your decree I bend')

Scale

1/27 in to 1 ft (approximately)

Inscribed

rooms labelled and dimensions given. To your decree I bend (competition motto)

Signed and dated

1794 or after

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (525 x 740)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

J Whatman 1794 and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and W below

Level

Drawing

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