Working drawings for the Board of Trade Offices, October 1824 (3)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Board of Trade and Privy Council Offices, Whitehall & Downing Street: designs for new offices and scheme for the improvement of Downing Street, 1823-33 (284)
    - Designs and working drawings for the new Board of Trade and Privy Council Offices, December 1823-October 1824 (106)

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Reference number

SM (121) 49/6/13 (122) 49/6/14 (123) 49/6/16

Purpose

Working drawings for the Board of Trade Offices, October 1824 (3)

Aspect

121 Section through the centre of Board Room 122 Section through Board Room &^c 123 Section through the Centre of Board Room

Scale

(121, 122) bar scales of 1/3 inch to 1 foot (123) bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

121 as above, Board of Trade 122 as above, Board of Trade Offices Whitehall and some dimensions given 123 as above, Board of Trade Offices / Whitehall

Signed and dated

(121) L.I.F. 8^th Oct^r / 1824 (122) October 1824 (123) Lincolns Inn Fields / October 11^th 1824

Medium and dimensions

(121) Pen, sepia, pink and black washes (122, 123) pen, pink, sepia, black and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (710 x 535, 724 x 535, 715 x 530)

Hand

(121) Stephen Burchell (1806-?, pupil 1823-28) (122, 123) Soane office

Watermark

(121, 122) Smith & Allnutt 1817 (sic)

Notes

Drawings 121 and 122 are almost identical except for the skylight, which is semicircular in section on drawing 121, and the window at the top of the corridor on the same drawing. Drawing 123 copies drawing 121 to a smaller scale.

Level

Drawing

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