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Reference number
SM volume 42/23
Purpose
Copy of a design
Aspect
Longitudinal section on the axis of the Doric porticos through the sunk courtyard with its Ionic colonnade. The section deviates from a straight line to show the stair (right-hand side) and door to an end room (left-hand side). The roof and first floor corridor are separately barrel-vaulted and have top lighting.
Scale
to the same scale of toises as drawing 42/22 (q.v.)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, pencil on thin laid paper (197 x 323)
Hand
unidentified French architect
Watermark
Taylor
Notes
Drawn on English paper to a scale of French feet, the drawings appear to be copies of a design by a French architect for an institutional building - perhaps an art gallery.For the plan see the preceding drawing (42/22). These are two of an incomplete set of drawings that would have included elevations as well as a first floor plan.
Level
Drawing
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