Three designs for the end of Downing Street, April 1826

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Office of Works
  - 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 (224) 49/5/17

Purpose

Three designs for the end of Downing Street, April 1826

Aspect

224 Three perspective Sketches of Designs for completing the New Buildings in Downing Street with plans of the elevations of the pavilions

Inscribed

as above

Signed and dated

4^th April 1825 (incorrect) and April 4^th 1826

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and sepia washes, pricked for transfer with single ruled border on wove paper (599 x 417)

Hand

George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Notes

The date at the bottom of the drawing - '4th April 1825' - is incorrect. Elsewhere on the drawing, for example beneath the middle perspective, is the correct date - 'April 4th 1826'.
In the top view the Triumphal Arch is located directly behind the pavilions, whereas on the middle and bottom views it is further along Downing Street. The end of the building on the left is different in all three views. In the middle perspective the central part is recessed deeper than in the view above. In the bottom view the columns are in antis.

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