Working drawings for the Privy Council Offices, March 1826

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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 for the new government buildings on Whitehall and the completion of Downing Street with a Triumphal Arch, December 1825-May 1833 (100)

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Reference number

SM (220) 49/1/41

Purpose

Working drawings for the Privy Council Offices, March 1826

Aspect

220 Four sectional Sketches of Designs different parts of the Building in Downing Street (sic)

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, New Council Offices, labelled: Section through Hall & Ante Chamber, Section through Lobby to Ante Room, Water Closets &c, Lobby Floor, Section looking towards Downing Street, Staircase, Lobby, Ante Room, Council Chamber, (pencil) Lobby and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

LIF / March 1826

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink, blue, grey and sepia washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (527 x 511)

Hand

David Mocatta (1806-82, pupil 1821-27)

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt 1820

Notes

The unlabelled section (bottom right) looks north through the entrance hall (ground floor) and antechamber (first floor) of the Privy Council Offices. In pencil, staffage has been added to suggest scale.

Level

Drawing

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