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[184] Preliminary design, 26 November 1817
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Reference number
SM 66/5/14
Purpose
[184] Preliminary design, 26 November 1817
Aspect
View of the New Guard House at Chelsea Hospital
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- 26th November 1817
Hand
Soane office
Notes
Soane's new Guardhouse was constructed in 1818 and located next to the East Road. C.G.T. Dean suggests that it 'was built in order that a footpath, made across Burtons Court on the line of Royal Hospital Road, might be kept under observation'.
Though this drawing is labelled 'view', this must be a design perspective first because of the date and secondly because the chimney stack is different to that of the elevations and site progress drawing (SM 66/5/15, SM 76/1/24, SM 67/1/25 and SM 66/5/13). In addition, the trees are in full foliage though it is November, suggesting some invention on the part of a pupil.
Though this drawing is labelled 'view', this must be a design perspective first because of the date and secondly because the chimney stack is different to that of the elevations and site progress drawing (SM 66/5/15, SM 76/1/24, SM 67/1/25 and SM 66/5/13). In addition, the trees are in full foliage though it is November, suggesting some invention on the part of a pupil.
Literature
C.G.T. Dean, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 1950, p.264
Level
Drawing
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