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Reference number

SM 71/2/58B

Purpose

Working drawing for the roof of the Royal Entrance, October 1822

Aspect

Elevation of a roof truss

Scale

bar scale of 15/9 inch (sic) to 1 foot

Medium and dimensions

Pen, yellow and sepia washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (482 x 688)

Hand

Walter Payne, clerk of works

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt

Notes

The battlements shown in profile on either side of the roof reveal that this is the roof of the Royal Entrance. This is the same truss as in SM 71/2/57.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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