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Plan of the Foundations of the Building at the South West Angle, 1st September 1817

 Item
Identifier: Coll-13/1/1/1

Scope and Contents

Floorplan of foundations level section details of drain system -small and large - section detail of stone pier section detail of the wall of West façade at its ground level

right hand side of the drawing trimmed of a few cm > part of details of the West Wall Section have been lost together with the caption about the drawing scale. Some additions have been made later in pencil, probably due to modifications to the drain system. Damage in the drawing (hole on the bigger part of drain)

On the reverse of the drawing: Black ink pen watercolour layers (pink, yellow and dark blue) red pen lines pencil notes and sketches (probably added later)

Dates

  • Creation: 1st September 1817

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

A few days notice is usually required, due to the size of most of the drawings and the time required to retrieve them from store.

Full Extent

From the Series: 542 drawings

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: English

Related Materials

capital letters index referred into drawings N°2 i.e. P1[2], N°3 i.e. P1[3]

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: architectural drawing

General

P1-[1]

General

40 feet in 10 in.s - section details double size of floorplan (20 feet in 10 in.s)

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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