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[1] Survey drawing of the first floor of the Treasury building
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Reference number
SM 50/2/30
Purpose
[1] Survey drawing of the first floor of the Treasury building
Aspect
Plan of Part of the First Floor of the Treasury
Scale
bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled (pencil): Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Arbuthnots / Secretary, Mr Lushington, Board Room, Library, Mr Harrison, Long Passage
Medium and dimensions
Pen and grey wash, pricked for transfer with double ruled border on wove paper (357 x 495)
Hand
unattributed
Watermark
J Whatman 1815
Notes
The Treasury building was designed by William Kent (c.1685-1748) and built 1733-36. The north frontage which looks onto Horse Guards Parade to the left of the sheet is 88 feet wide and the building is 128 feet wide. Communication between the Treasury and Dorset House to the east on the first floor is via the 'Long Passage' that leads to and from the staircase hall. In this drawing, in rough pencil, is a design for altering the staircase with a half turn and a return eastwards. The officials named in the inscriptions are: Charles Arbuthnot (1767-1850) and Stephen Lushington (1776-1868), Joint Secretaries to the Treasury, George Harrison (1767-1841), Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, Thomas Hoblyn (1778-1860), Chief Clerk of the Treasury and William Cotton (dates unknown), Senior Clerk of the Treasury.
Level
Drawing
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