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[188] Site progress drawing, c.1818
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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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