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  • image SM 37/2/19

Reference number

SM 37/2/19

Purpose

[5] 'Design No 2' for alterations to the staircase

Aspect

Plan shewing the proposed Alteration in the Staircase at the Treasury

Scale

bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, (pencil) Staircase at the Treasury and steps numbered 1-11

Signed and dated

  • 29 January 1818
    Lincolns Inn Fields / Jany 29 1818

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer within double ruled and sepia wash border on wove paper with one fold mark (569 x 744)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

J Whatman

Notes

In this design the bottom section of both sets of stairs is geometric and the stairs return towards a gallery of communication that provides access to Dorset House (at the bottom of the sheet).

Level

Drawing

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

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