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Presentation drawings of designs for the New State Paper Office, July 1831 (3)
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Reference number
SM (133) volume 61/106 (134) volume 61/104 (135) volume 61/105
Purpose
Presentation drawings of designs for the New State Paper Office, July 1831 (3)
Aspect
133 Elevations of the north front of the New State Paper Office and comparative elevations of the New State Paper Office and the Banqueting House
134 Elevations and perspective from St James's Park
135 Elevations and perspective from St James's Park
Scale
(133, 135) bar scales of 5/13 inch to 10 feet (134) to a scale of 5/13 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
134 labelled: Designs for the New State Paper Office, Front as suggested by Mr Goulburn
135 labelled: Designs for the New State Paper Office, Front as suggested by Mr Golburn (sic)
Signed and dated
- July 1831
(133) (pencil) 11th July 1831 (134, 135) 14 July 1831
Medium and dimensions
(133-135) Pen, sepia, yellow ochre, black and blue washes on laid paper (326 x 205, 326 x 202, 327 x 203)
Hand
(133-135) Charles James Richardson (1809-71, pupil and assistant 1824-1837)
Watermark
(133-135) affixed in volume, information not available
Notes
Drawings 133-135 are presentation drawings made before its completion but showing the New State Paper Office as executed. At the bottom of drawings 134 and 135 is the 'front as suggested by Mr Goulburn', q.v. drawings 43-46. Drawing 133 has comparative elevations of the new State Paper Office to Goulburn's design and the Banqueting House, a trick used by Soane to show the difference in scale between the two buildings and to suggest the inappropriateness of Goulburn's pilasters on the new building. The comparison had been made before in drawings 41-42.
Level
Drawing
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