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Presentation copies of designs for the New State Paper Office labelled 'No 2', June 1829 (8)
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Reference number
SM (31) 82/1/25 (32) 82/1/26 (33) 82/1/27 (34) 82/1/28 (35) 82/1/29 (36) 82/1/12 (37) 82/1/13 (38) 82/1/14
Purpose
Presentation copies of designs for the New State Paper Office labelled 'No 2', June 1829 (8)
Aspect
31 Plan of the Basement Story
32 Plan of the Ground Floor
33 Plan of the First Floor
34 Plan of the upper part of Library and Attic
35 Elevation next the Park
36 Perspective View of the Front towards Duke St
37 Perspective View of the Fronts to the Park
38 Interior perspective view of the Library
Scale
(31-35) bar scales of 1/9 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
31 as above, No 2 (twice), Lincolns Inn Fields, labelled: Vaults (twice), Housekeeper, Bookbinder, Kitchen, Entrance, Store Room, Apartments for the Deputy Keepers Family
32 as above, No 2 (twice), Lincolns Inn Fields, labelled: Duke Street, Messenger / 12'6'' by 13'9'', Water / Closet, Housemaid's / Closet, Reading Room / 12'6'' by 13'9'', Waiting Room, 12'6'' by 19'0'', Staircase, Entrance Hall, 12'6'' by 19'0'', Room / for Keeping / Treaties / 21' by 24', Deputy Keeper / 23'0'' by 17'0'', Room for / the Keeper / of State Papers / 21' by 24'; (verso): various calculations in Soane's hand
33 as above, No 3, No 2, Lincolns Inn Fields, labelled: Clerks Room, Water Closet, Sink &c, Reading Room, Room for / arranging / unsorted / Papers, Staircase, Clerk's / Room, (in Soane's hand) Iron / Door (twice), Library for the State Papers &c
34 as above, No 4, No 2, Lincolns Inn Fields, labelled: Chamber / for / Housekeeper, Reservoir, Staircase, Reading / Room, (in Soane's hand) Iron / Door (twice)
35 as above, No 5, No 2, Lincolns Inn Fields
36 as above, No 6, Lincolns Inn Fields
37 as above, No 7, Lincolns Inn Fields
38 as above, Lincolns Inn Fields
Signed and dated
- June 1829
Medium and dimensions
(31, 32) Pen, pink, blue and grey washes, pricked for transfer with five ruled sepia and black wash border on laid paper (295 x 478, 299 x 487) (33) pen, pink and sepia washes, pricked for transfer with five ruled sepia and black wash border on laid paper (295 x 477) (34) pen, pink, sepia, grey and blue washes, pricked for transfer with five ruled sepia and black wash border on laid paper (296 x 479) (35) pen, pencil, raw umber, black and sepia washes, pricked for transfer with five ruled sepia and black wash border on laid paper (295 x 484) (36) pencil, sepia, raw umber, black and blue washes with single ruled sepia wash border on laid paper (289 x 448) (37) pencil, sepia, caput, black, green and blue washes with single ruled sepia wash border on laid paper (288 x 455) (38) pencil, sepia, raw umber and blue washes, pricked for transfer with single ruled sepia wash border on laid paper (288 x 452)
Hand
(31-38) Charles James Richardson (1809-71, pupil and assistant 1824-1837)
Watermark
(31, 32, 35, 37, 38) C Ansell 1824 (33, 34, 36) fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate CA
Notes
The third set of designs labelled 'No 2' have more elaborate borders. Drawing 35 has the same pilasters added to the north elevation in pencil. Soane's addition of 'Iron Doors' to the library (drawing 33) was a fireproofing measure, although Susan Palmer points out that there is no evidence for them ever being put in ('Sir John Soane and the design of the new State Paper Office', Archivaria, 60, 2005, p. 57).
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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