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Design for alterations to Mr Foster's premises, Queen Street, unexecuted, April 1828
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Reference number
SM (50) 56/12/32
Purpose
Design for alterations to Mr Foster's premises, Queen Street, unexecuted, April 1828
Aspect
50 Ground floor Plan of Premises in Queen Street belonging to Mr Foster
Scale
bar scale of ? inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: Norwich, Court Yard, (pencil) Qy Door, Building, Agents / Private / Room / 11.6 by / 17.0, Door, Entrance / Lobby, Qy Parlor, Footmans Pantry / or Store Room, Passage to Offices Garden &c, Door, Kitchen, Yard, Brewhouse, Pantry, Porter, Desk (twice), Bank / 24.0 / by / 16.0, Counter, Iron door (twice), Books, Treasure, Garden, North, E[ast], W[est], Qy Cellars & if Vaulted / heights of Rooms
Signed and dated
- L.I.F. [Lincoln's Inn Fields] / 16th April 1828
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, sepia, potter's pink, blue and Naples yellow washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (377 x 473)
Hand
George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)
Watermark
J Whatman 1815, fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and below, ornate W
Notes
Proposed alterations to Mr Foster's premises (indicated by pink wash) include the conversion of the dining room into a banking hall, the relocation of the kitchen, the construction of a secure book room and treasure vault and substantial alterations to the entrance hall and kitchen to create an entrance lobby, footman's pantry and passage. Feint pencil lines show the previous configuration of the interior (see drawing 48).
Level
Drawing
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