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[36/1/4] Design for the first floor of the Stone Building
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Reference number
SM 36/1/4
Purpose
[36/1/4] Design for the first floor of the Stone Building
Aspect
First floor plan
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
labelled: Ground may be laid open to answer the use of Fish Yard, 52.0, 49.0, (pencil) New Palace Yard
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and warm sepia (brown) washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper (357 x 514)
Hand
John Vardy (1717/18 - 1765)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche / 4 / W / V
Notes
Interestingly there is no direct access across the front of the building on the piano nobile - the central block is only accessibly by two staircases to the east that lead from the ground floor.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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