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Presentation design for the new government offices, 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 (156) 49/4/2
Purpose
Presentation design for the new government offices, March 1825
Aspect
156 Front elevation
Scale
bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- Lincolns Inn Fields March 1825
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, yellow ochre and blue washes, partly pricked for transfer with six ruled, sepia and black wash border on two sheets of wove paper, affixed, with one fold mark (546 x 1490)
Hand
Charles James Richardson (1809-71, pupil and assistant 1824-1837)
Watermark
James Whatman Turkey Mill Kent
Notes
Another design for the government offices including the Home Department, drawing 156 shows a 23-bay building with four identical entrances. The frontage is approximately 300 feet wide and 58 feet high.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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