[4] Design (No 1) for alterations to the staircase

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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: Treasury Building, Whitehall: surveys and designs for alterations to the staircase, 1818 (7)

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Reference number

SM 37/2/18

Purpose

[4] Design (No 1) for alterations to the staircase

Aspect

Plan of the Staircase at the Treasury

Scale

bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above

Signed and dated

1818
L.I.F. 1818

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia washes, pricked for transfer within double ruled and sepia wash border on wove paper (468 x 618)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

Drawings [5] and [6] are labelled as 'Design No 2' and 'Design No 3', so it might be reasonable to call this 'Design No 1'. Based on rough pencil alterations to drawing [1], this design is characterised by the 'kinked' design of the stairs which return eastwards and lead to a gallery of communication that provides access to Dorset House (at the bottom of the sheet).

Level

Drawing

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