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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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