[67] Sketch copy of Dance's study for four-bay scheme with clerestory lunettes (SM volume 42/173), 19 February 1792

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Reference number

SM volume 42/174

Purpose

[67] Sketch copy of Dance's study for four-bay scheme with clerestory lunettes (SM volume 42/173), 19 February 1792

Aspect

Rough plan with the addition of free-standing columns in front of the centre aisle piers

Scale

1/10 inch to 1 foot (approximately)

Inscribed

Bank Stock Offices, 1792, dimensions given

Signed and dated

Feb. 19 92

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen, pencil, hatching, pricked for transfer on laid secretary paper with three fold marks (321 x 203)

Hand

Soane or Soane office

Watermark

Buttenshaw

Notes

The drawing is a copy of Dance's rough plan for a four-bay hall (SM volume 42/173). It was drawn on 19 February 1792, two months after Dance sent the original to Soane. However, free-standing columns have been added in front of the centre-aisle piers and an additional lantern has been placed in the north half-bay. Rooms are also incorrectly shown to the hall's east (in Bartholomew Lane), suggesting an initial mistake when copying Dance's plan. The drawing is attributed to Soane or his office based on its date and the different hatching from SM volume 42/173.

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Drawing

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