Inscribed
190-197 as above, 193-197 labelled: New State Paper Office
Signed and dated
- August 1833 - October 1833
(190) October 1833 (194, 197) 13 ?Aug
Medium and dimensions
(190) Pencil, sepia and black washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper (404 x 301) (191, 192) Pencil, sepia, yellow ochre, burnt umber, black and blue washes with single ruled sepia wash border on laid paper (479 x 291, 479 x 291, 479 x 291, 478 x 290, 292 x 479, 292 x 479, 292 x 479)
Hand
(190-197) Charles James Richardson (1809-71, pupil and assistant 1824-1837)
Watermark
(190) Wise & Co 1830
Notes
These presentation drawings record the building as executed and are affixed in volume 61 (with the exception of drawing 190). Of particular interest are drawings 194-197 which show the ceilings in those rooms that are formed of hollow brick arches springing from iron girders (q.v. drawings 100 and 105-108). The balusters in the galleries of the library and the principal staircase are decorated with a particularly Soanean motif of diamonds and rosettes (drawings 193-194). Drawing 194 shows the bookpresses designed by Soane for the library without their shelves. The slots for housing pins to support the shelves are visible. The rooms are largely austere with wall panelling and, in the principal rooms, ball mouldings around the edges of the ceilings, another feature typical of Soane.
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