Survey of Westminster (Copy)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Office of Works
  - London: Palace of Westminster: designs for alterations and additions, 1793-1828 (499)
    - Additional drawings, surveys etc. (44)
      - Drawings supplied to Soane in preparation for the coronation of George IV (12)

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Reference number

SM 62/4/2

Purpose

Survey of Westminster (Copy)

Aspect

Block plan of Westminster

Inscribed

N^o 8, labelled: Westminster Bridge, Bridge Street, Great George Street, Little George S^t, Mews, Queen S^t, Dartmouth / S^t, Bennet S^t, Princes Street, School, Sessions / House, Garden Square, 70.0, New Palace Yard, Kings Bridge Stairs, Embankment, Westminster Hall, House of / Commons, House of Lords, Cotton Garden, Parliament Stairs, S^t Margarets / Church, Westminster Abby (sic), Poets Corner, Chapter / House, Little / Cloisters, Cloisters, Little Deans Yard, Deans Yard, Deans Street, Tothill S^t; (verso): Office of Works stamp

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia washes, pricked for transfer within a single-ruled border on wove paper (353 x 300)

Hand

Office of Works

Notes

This plan may have been provided to help Soane to devise a route for the procession from Westminster Abbey to Westminster Hall.

Level

Drawing

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

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