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Design for the principal floor, 28 April 1826
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 51/3/16
Purpose
Design for the principal floor, 28 April 1826
Aspect
Plan of the Principal Floor
Inscribed
as above, labelled (pencil): Lord Chamberlain, 16.0, Waiting Room, Committee Room (3 times), (pen): 24'9'' by 53'9'', 32'0'' by 30'0''
Signed and dated
- 28 April 1826
LIF 28 April 1826
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, pink and dark pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (514 x 547)
Hand
Possibly Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843)
Pupil January 1823 - April 1828.
Pupil January 1823 - April 1828.
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt
Notes
There are just two rooms on the principal floor and both are committee rooms. The bay window in the room nearest the Painted Chamber was executed between July and October 1826. See also design for the ground floor, SM 51/3/15.
Level
Drawing
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