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Design for the staircases to the galleries (unexecuted)
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Reference number
SM 51/3/57
Purpose
Design for the staircases to the galleries (unexecuted)
Aspect
Plan shewing the entrances to the / galleries, made in the / Centre of the sides
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled (in Soane's hand): Design No 2; benches labelled (in pencil): 5 (5 times), 12 (4 times), 11 (3 times), 10 (4 times), 9 (4 times), 4
Signed and dated
- 25 July 1820
25th July 1820
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, pricked for transfer with double ruled and sepia wash border on wove paper (476 x 310)
Hand
Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835)
Pupil January 1818 - March 1824.
Pupil January 1818 - March 1824.
Notes
In contrast to 'Plan No 1' (SM 51/3/60), 'Design No 2' has staircases that are entered from an aisle through the centre of the benches on the west side of the House (the right hand side of the drawing). Those on the east side of the House are entered from the ends of the benches, as in 'Plan No 1'. The capacity of the benches in this configuration is 186, as against 188 in 'Plan No 1'.
Level
Drawing
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