Design for alterations to the Hall, March 1792 (2)

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Reference number

SM (1) 71/3/17 (2) 71/3/16

Purpose

Design for alterations to the Hall, March 1792 (2)

Aspect

1 Plan and three laid-out wall elevations/sections (verso see Piercefield, Gwent: (unexecuted) alterations and additions for George Smith, 1785-1789 (29): drawing 13) 2 Perspective

Scale

1-2 to a scale of 3/16 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

1-2 Caius College Cambridge

Signed and dated

1-2 Great Scotland Yard March 15 1792

Medium and dimensions

(1) Pen, sepia, blue and light red washes, shaded with single ruled (wide) black border on laid paper (462 x 582) (2) pen, sepia and blue washes, shaded with single ruled border on laid paper with one fold mark (283 x 459)

Hand

1-2 Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794)

Watermark

(1) J Whatman, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W (2) 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 drawing 1 appear cancellation marks to the left hand pier. Drawings 1 and 2 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 drawings 1 and 2 plus another.

Level

Drawing

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