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  • image SM 71/3/16

Reference number

SM 71/3/16

Purpose

[2] Design for alterations to the Hall, 15 March 1792

Aspect

Perspective

Scale

to a scale of 3/16 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Caius College Cambridge

Signed and dated

  • 15 March 1792
    Great Scotland Yard March 15 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and blue washes, shaded with single ruled border on laid paper with one fold mark (283 x 459)

Hand

Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794)

Watermark

Fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W

Notes

The Hall is about forty feet long by 24 feet wide. At one end is a through passage or lobby (8-9 feet wide) that is open to the Hall; on SM 71/3/17 appear cancellation marks to the left hand pier. This drawing and SM 71/3/17 show the Hall with a coffered, barrel-vaulted ceiling with a lunette above cornice level at the lobby (north) end and a long wall with three windows and a door with fanlight. The other end wall has panelling (5 feet high) with above, the Royal coat of arms.

The office 'Journal N0 2' has an entry under 16 March 1793 stating that Soane took three drawings for alterations to Caius College. Presumably this drawing, SM 71/3/17 plus another.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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