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Design for the Downing Street elevation, March 1825
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM (139) 49/4/6
Purpose
Design for the Downing Street elevation, March 1825
Aspect
139 Sketch of a Design for the Front next Downing Street; (verso) unidentified part plan and unfinished elevation of Privy Council Offices
Scale
bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, New Council Offices &c, Mem[orandum] - 7th March 1825 - The parts AAA settled by the Chancellor of the / Exchequer to be executed in Stone, labelled: A (5 times) and (pencil) some calculations
Signed and dated
- March 1825 and as above ('7th March 1825')
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and yellow ochre washes, (verso) pen, pencil, pink and sepia washes, pricked for transfer on one sheet of wove and one sheet of laid paper, affixed, with one fold mark (370 x 912)
Hand
David Mocatta (1806-82, pupil 1821-27)
Notes
Drawing 139 presumably showed the Downing Street frontage up to the end of the Privy Council Chamber before a further seven bays of the elevation were added on another sheet of paper. The drawing has two variant designs for the attic over the end bays which are similar in appearance but differ in proportions. The rusticated courses on the ground floor were 'settled to be executed in stone' by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The verso has part of a design for alterations to an unidentified building with a spiral staircase and an unfinished elevation of part of the Privy Council offices.
The verso has part of a design for alterations to an unidentified building with a spiral staircase and an unfinished elevation of part of the Privy Council offices.
Level
Drawing
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