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Designs for the elevations, May 1831 (5)
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Reference number
SM (112) 82/1/52 (113) 82/1/54 (114) 82/1/53 (115) 82/1/55 (116) 82/1/58
Purpose
Designs for the elevations, May 1831 (5)
Aspect
112 Elevation of the east front
113 Elevation of the north front
114 Elevation of the west front
115 Elevation of the south front
116 Part elevation and section through the rear (north) of the building looking west
Scale
(112-116) bar scales of 2/9 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
112 labelled (in Soane's hand): See parts at large / 27 & 29 May, Fascia / finished / on / 14 June, Basement, Ground Floor, First Floor, Attic Story, Entab 4.16.0 / per foot run / too expansion / Cornice &c reduced / See 16 June and some dimensions given
114 labelled: 12'0'', 17'5'', 15'2'', 9'5''
115 (in Soane's hand) 4 Course finished / Saturday / 28 May 1831, 4'6'' (5 times)
116 labelled (in Soane's hand): Arch[itrave] to project / 2¼ (twice), Arch[itrave] to / project 1½ (twice), 3 ---- (illegible) In re Arch, (pencil) Books (3 times), Case and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- May 1831
(113, 114) 9th May 1831
Medium and dimensions
(112-115) Pen, pencil, sepia, pink and black washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (499 x 534, 508 x 541, 505 x 541, 473 x 525) (116) pen, sepia, pink, black, blue and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (512 x 550)
Hand
(112-115) Charles James Richardson (1809-71, pupil and assistant 1824-1837) (116) Soane office
Watermark
(112, 114) Smith & Allnutt 1823 (113, 116) Smith [& Allnutt]
Notes
Judging by the alternative treatments on drawings 112-115 it seems as though Soane had not settled on a design for the eaves or the chimney stacks by May 1831. The design for the main entrance on drawing 112 is a slight variation on the reduced 'Vignolan' doorway shown on drawing 66. The south elevation (drawing 115) has an arrangement of three windows that are linked by an entablature, the outer two being crowned with small pediments with acroteria. A similar arrangement, without the acroteria and with Greek fret moulding underneath the windows was executed (q.v. drawing 126). The internal arrangement of the flues is shown in pink wash. The cross-section on drawing 116 shows the brick arches that Soane built as a fire-proofing measure. The arches were constructed of hollow bricks. A drawing was made for one of Soane's Royal Academy lectures showing one of the brick arches in section (SM 26/6/1, not yet catalogued).
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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