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Working drawings for window jambs, July 1824 (2)
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Reference number
SM (85) 49/1/30 (86) 49/1/29
Purpose
Working drawings for window jambs, July 1824 (2)
Aspect
85 Detail of One of the Window Jambs
86 Detail of Window Head and Jamb; (verso) Section thro the long Passage looking towards Board Room (west)
Scale
(85, 86 recto) Full Size (86 verso) bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
85 as above, Board of Trade, labelled: (pencil) C.O. [Council Office] Door and dimensions given
86 as above, Board of Trade &c, labelled: (pencil) Ground Floor Windows and dimensions given; (verso): as above, Board of Trade, labelled: 1'3'' to bottom / of drain, Steps, (pencil) Floor of Hall, to rise 5'9'', Treasury Passage and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- (85) Lincolns Inn Fields / 16th July 1824 (86) July 1824, (verso) 17 July 1824
Medium and dimensions
(85) Pen, sepia, yellow ochre and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (750 x 528) (86 recto) pen, sepia and yellow ochre washes on wove paper (730 x 527) (86 verso) pen, sepia and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (527 x 730)
Hand
(85) David Mocatta (1806-82, pupil 1821-27) (86) Edward Davis (1802-52, pupil 1824-26), (verso) George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)
Notes
There is a little variation between the drawings, most notably in the moulding of the window surround. The verso of drawing 86 fits with the section drawings 87 and 88.
Level
Drawing
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