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[155] Preliminary working drawing for the offices with ruins, 17 October 1801
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Reference number
SM 31/3/27
Purpose
[155] Preliminary working drawing for the offices with ruins, 17 October 1801
Aspect
Plan of the basement and rough elevation of lantern (verso) rough elevation of the exterior and rough section through plaster casts gallery
Scale
bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Wall between 2 archways in office Ca. / area wall in front next Lawn / between Cistern pavillion / Wall in washouse & Brewhouse, a.B.C Cistern over the whole / of this front ab.t 2 feet deep, Lobby, make this / place of suff[icient] / dimensions to / take the seat / of [illegible], Cisterns, Coal, Leave a flue, Wood, The level of this floor to / remain as / it now is, The Washouse & Bakehouse, of this same / width / as the Chi[mney] / in [illegible] / Room & flue / large enough for a Kitchen Ch[imne]y, leave a door, Waiting Jambs, old window, Gallery for Plaister Casts & Models, Dom[e] Sky l[ight]. (twice), Ruins of a Temple opposite this window, q[uer]y anti Room / or / Lobby / to the Gallery, each foot cub[e] / sq : holds / 6 gallons, Crown piece, old windows now in Hayloft windows and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 17 October 1801
L.I.F. Octr17th: 1801
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown pen and sepia washes, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (344 x 578)
Hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane
Soane
Level
Drawing
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