[24] Variant design (D2) for a full five-bay front elevation, November 1817

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  - London: National Debt Redemption Office, Old Jewry, City of London: designs, working drawings and drawings for exhibition, 1817-18, 1819, 1823 (100)

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Reference number

SM 48/2/6

Purpose

[24] Variant design (D2) for a full five-bay front elevation, November 1817

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

as above
National Debt Redemption and Life Annuity Office (on building)

Signed and dated

Lincolns Inn Fields / Nov^r1817

Medium and dimensions

Pen, warm sepia, raw umber, sepia, blue and green washes, shaded with single ruled and sepia wash border on wove paper (459 x 594)

Hand

Edward Foxhall (1793-1862, pupil 1812-1821) and Henry Parke (1790-1835, pupil 1814-1820) from Day Book

Notes

This perspective drawing (design D2) shows much the same design as that seen in 48/2/23 and SM 48/2/15 (D1) except for the twin entrances which are now approached via four steps and two antefixes have been omitted from the roof. The perspective shows the front to Old Jewry and the elevation to Meeting House Court with its eight-bay front and side entrance. It gives an indication of the modest surroundings that include two brick three-storey houses of three floors with a ground floor shop.

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Drawing

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