Working drawings for the drains, November-December 1830 (4)

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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: New State Paper Office, Duke Street, Westminster, 1829-34 (207)

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Reference number

SM (92) 82/1/89 (93) 82/1/87 (94) 82/1/88 (95) 82/1/73

Purpose

Working drawings for the drains, November-December 1830 (4)

Aspect

92 Section of the several levels from the / York Landings up to the level of Pavement / in Duke Street of New State Paper Office 93 Section through the drains; (verso) rough sections through a domed or coved ceiling or skylight 94 Section through the drains 95 Plan of The Drains as / finished by / M^r Stutely

Scale

(92) bar scale of 4/9 inch to 1 foot (93, 94) bar scales of 1/2 inch to 1 foot (95) bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

92 as above, labelled: Broken Granette (sic), Brick W[or]^k, Landing, Brick W[or]^k, Old B[ric]^k W[or]^k, Top Landing, Space between, Ground floor line, Pavement line in Duke Street, Passage Level, Floor line and dimensions given 93 labelled: State Paper Office, Old Bricks, lime Rubbish, Clay & Peat, Rubbish, Clay & Peat, Rubbish, Clay & Peat, Landings, Old Drain and dimensions given 94 labelled: Floor line, Ground line, Old Drain and some dimensions given 95 as above, labelled: (pencil) Sink (6 times), G (4 times), B (4 times), Small / Drain as G, 16 Bricks all round, 14 Bricks, 1'3'', 10'', Arrear / Office, Section of Large / Drain as B, 12 Courses, 13 Courses, 19 Courses, 1'10'', 1'6'', M^r Farquhars House

Signed and dated

November 1830 - December 1830
(92) Nov^r 26^th 1830 (93) Dec^r 3^d 1830 (95) Dec^r 8^th 1830

Medium and dimensions

(92) Pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (359 x 497) (93) pen, pink and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (298 x 413) (94) pen and pink wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (359 x 447) (95) pen, pink, grey and burnt Sienna washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper with four fold marks (358 x 476)

Hand

(92-95) unattributed

Watermark

(92) J Whatman Turkey Mill 1827 (95) fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate CA

Notes

Mr Stutely (drawing 95) was the bricklayer for the new building.

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