Explore Collections Explore The Collections
You are here: CollectionsOnline  /  [15] Design for longitudinal section (more detailed than drawing [14])

Browse

  • image SM 39/3/7

Reference number

SM 39/3/7

Purpose

[15] Design for longitudinal section (more detailed than drawing [14])

Aspect

Longitudinal Section

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Colonel Graham, Stratton Street and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 03/07/1797
    Lincolns Inn Fields July 3rd 1797

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, red and raw Sienna washes, shaded, pricked for transfer, on wove pape with four fold marks (528 x 652)

Hand

The office Day Book for 3 July 1797 has Jeans and Good - that is:
Thomas Jeans (c.1775 - 1866), pupil August 1792 - 25 August 1797
Henry Joseph Good (1775 - 1857), pupil January 1795 - January 1799

Notes

The 'iron cradle' noted in drawing [5] is shown here washed in raw Sienna. It was needed to span the wide opening at the side of the large landing at the bottom of the staircase.

Level

Drawing

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

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk