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Reference number

SM (111) 49/1/27 (112) 49/1/28

Purpose

Working drawings for a new entrance to the Treasury Passage, September 1824 (2)

Aspect

111 Plan of the Doorway to the / Treasury Passage, Elevation, Side Elevation and Section through the Doorway to the Treasury / Passage 112 Plan of the Architrave &c of Doorway to the Treasury Passage; (verso)Detail of Cornice and / Frieze &c to Doorway to Treasury Passage

Scale

(111) bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot (112 recto and verso) (Full Size)

Inscribed

111 as above, Board of Trade, labelled: cornice (3 times), Old Wall, Ch[imne]y, See parts full size (twice) and dimensions given 112 as above, Board of Trade, labelled: Line of Plinth, A, C (twice), Base Moulding / B, Square Plinth, B Base Moulding of Columns, Sinking (twice), Circular Rustic C (twice), Edge of Architrave of Door A, Flat Rustic, 1'3'', 11¼''; (verso) as above, labelled: Part of Architrave, Sinking / Rustic (twice), Frieze, Wall line, OG (ogee) moulding, 3/8 / deep

Signed and dated

  • (111) Lincolns Inn Fields / 18th Sepr 1824 (112 recto) Lincolns Inn Fields / (missing) 1824 (112 verso) L.I.F. 23d Sepr 1824

Medium and dimensions

(111) Pen, sepia, black, pink and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (733 x 524) (112 recto) pen, sepia, pink and burnt Sienna washes, (112 verso) pen, sepia and pink washes, pricked for transfer on two sheets of wove paper, affixed, with one fold mark (654 x 825)

Hand

(111, 112 recto and verso) George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Watermark

(111) Smith & Allnutt 1820

Notes

Drawings 111 and 112 (recto and verso) relate to the entrance to the Treasury Passage. Although not included in Soane's earliest designs, the rebuilding of this entrance was amalgamated into the designs in February 1824. The entrance shown in drawing 111 is round-arched and rusticated, with a relatively simple surround. The cornice is decorated with Greek fret moulding. Soane's redesign of the entrance to the Treasury Passage also included the repair of the nearest corner turret belonging to the Old Tennis Court.

Level

Drawing

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