[8] Survey of the garden front as originally built

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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: Buckingham Palace, Westminster: surveys and designs, 1817-? (8)

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Reference number

SM 62/6/4

Purpose

[8] Survey of the garden front as originally built

Aspect

Elevation of part of the Garden Front of Buckingham Palace as originally built

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled: Whole highth (sic) of / Plinth, Level of Pavement, Principal Floor line, Bed Room Floor line, Ballustrade (sic) (3 times), Floor, Ballusters (sic) (3 times) and dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen on two sheets of wove paper, affixed, with one fold mark (575 x 1360)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

Drawing 8 must relate to drawings 6 and 7, all of which might have been made while Soane was involved in preparing a report on completing the palace in 1831. It shows part of the west, garden front of the palace as built by Nash. The drawing has been substantially repaired.

Level

Drawing

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