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Reference number
SM 71/3/19
Purpose
Survey plan, April 1792
Aspect
Plan with a few illegible pencil suggestions in Soane's hand
Scale
bar scale of 1/16 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
labelled: Saint Johns Lane (twice), Street leading to the River, Bridge Street, Court, Yard (5 times), Yard for Coals Garden, Dr Craven's / Garden, rooms labelled: Hall, Combination / Room, Anti-Chapel, Vestry, Chapel, Dr Craven's Kitchen &c, Wood &c, Washouse, Privy, Apartments / for the / Collegians, Passage (twice), Arched / Entrance; offices labelled: Stable / etca, Plumbers / Shop, Mr Wete / Plumber and Glazier, Mrs Brand / Day School, Bed Maker / to the College, Mrs Brazier, Mrs Edmunds, Mrs Finch, Privy and / Dust, Cabinet Makers, Bakers Shop etc, Bakers Washouse, Cabinet Makers / Kitchen, Workshop, Shed and Query does this wall belong to the College and (pencil, Soane) a few dimensions given
Signed and dated
- Great Scotland Yard April 27th 1792
Medium and dimensions
Pen, warm sepia and light green washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper (618 x 943)
Hand
Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794)
Watermark
J Whatman
Literature
D.Stroud, Sir John Soane architect, 2nd ed., 1984, pp.253-4
Level
Drawing
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