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[8] Survey of the garden front as originally built
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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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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