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Drawing. SM 66/5/13. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Hugh Kelly

Reference number

SM 66/5/13

Purpose

[188] Site progress drawing, c.1818

Aspect

Chelsea Hospital, Sketch of the New Guard House

Inscribed

as above

Signed and dated

  • c.1818

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing shows the Guardhouse in the process of construction. The timber hipped roof structure is visible. The panelled chimney is the only particularly 'Soanean' feature. The quoining and red brick window surrounds reflect Wren's style. In the foreground is a make-shift workshop with a carpenter and his saw-horse. The leafless trees suggest the drawing was made in winter, probably the winter of 1818.

Literature

C.G.T. Dean, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 1950, p.264

Level

Drawing

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