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[2] Survey of the principal floor of part of the north range, c.1790
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Reference number
SM 62/7/14
Purpose
[2] Survey of the principal floor of part of the north range, c.1790
Aspect
Plan of the Principal Floor of Windsor Castle
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
as above, rooms numbered (in red pen) 1 to 33, with References / 1 Royal Picture Gallery 92ft 11in by 13ft 3in / 2 China Closet 14ft 0in by 13ft 7in / 3 The Queen's Dressing Room 19.1 by 16.9 / 4 Beauty Room 24.0 by 19.1 / 5 The Queen's Bed Chamber 26.1 by 24.7 / 6 The Queen's Drawing room 45.5 by 27.10 / 7 Anti Room to the Beauty room 16ft 8in by 14ft 0in / 8 The King's Closet 17.11 by 17.7 / 9 The King's Dressing room 19.9 by 17.6 / 10 The King's Bed Chamber 26.3 by 25.9 / 11 The King's Drawing Room 45.6 by 30.10 / 12 Lobby to the Public Dining Room / 13 Public Dining Room 31.10 by 25.8 / 14 The Queen's Ball Room 63.3 by 21.8 / 15 The Queen's Audience Chamber 37.3 by 23.7 / 16 The Queen's Presence Chamber 49.0 by 23.6 / 17 The Queen's Guard Chamber 45.2 by 27.8 / 18 The Queen's great Staircase / 19 The Queen's back Stairs / 20 King John's Tower / 21 The King's Private Chappel (sic) / 22 Brick Court / 23 Lodgings for Officers in waiting / 24 The King's Audience Chamber 44.6 by 23.9 / 25 The King's Presence Chamber 54.3 by 23.8 / 26 The King's Guard Chamber 77.10 by 31.8 / 27 Staircase leading to Do / 28 Horn Court / 29 The Royal Chappel (sic) 75.9 by 31.0 / 30 St Georges Hall 108.8 by 32.10 / 31 The Prince of Wales's Guard Chamber 34.4 by 21.0 / 32 The King's Kitchen / 33 Side Kitchens
Medium and dimensions
Pen, red pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on two sheets of laid paper, affixed, with one fold mark (610 x 956)
Hand
Office of Works
Watermark
D & C Blauw / IV = D & C / B and XX within cartouche
Notes
This is an eighteenth-century Office of Works drawing that was probably given to Soane to copy. The State Apartments are in the north-west corner of the Upper Ward, surrounding Brick Court.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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