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  • image SM 77/1/48

Reference number

SM 77/1/48

Purpose

[8] Working drawing for ceiling and roof timbers in library addition, 9 June 1796

Aspect

Plan of the ground floor / shewing the timbers of the chamber floor and elevation of the truss and the timbers / of the chamber front over the bow

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Right Honble William Pitt, lettered A to F, joists over the porch &c 12 in x 3 in, binding joists 16 x 7, bridging joists 6 x 8, ceiling joists 4 x 2½, Girder 15 in x 15 in, queen posts 15 x 9 / and 15 x 6 in the small part, (?) entertie & plate 15 x 6, strutts 15 x 6

Signed and dated

  • 9 June 1796
    Lincolns Inn Fields June 9 1796

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and yellow, pink and grey washes on laid paper (565 x 335)

Hand

Clerk (1798-98) Joseph Blandford, draughtsman
Joseph Blandford (clerk, 1797-98) and Henry Joseph Good (1775-1857, clerk 1795-1800)
Henry Joseph Good (1775 - 1857), draughtsman
Joseph Blandford (clerk, 1797-98) and Henry Joseph Good (1775-1857, clerk 1795-1800)

Level

Drawing

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