Elevation of the South Front of the Grand Storehouse at the Tower
-
About the work
- Location
-
Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
-
Explore
- Subjects
- elevation drawing
- Materials & Techniques
- vellum, watercolour (as artists materials), pencil, watercolour (as object name)
-
Details
- Artist
-
John Hanway
- Title
- Elevation of the South Front of the Grand Storehouse at the Tower
- Date
- c.1710
- Medium
- Watercolour and pencil on vellum
- Dimensions
- height: 47.20 cm, width: 75.40 cm
- Acquisition
- Transferred from the War Office, 1947
- Inscription
- The following inscriptions are written in black ink: Recto, above scale: "Scala Pedem"; below scale: "Johannes Hanway Engoneer[?] Dolmavit[?]" Recto, bottom left corner: "22" Verso: "Tower Grand Store House by Maj.r Hanway"; "Tower of London elev.[?] of/ The Grand Storehouse Major Hanway 1774/ X 51/4" ; "No.9"; "Bundle No.2". Two red "B.O." [Board of Ordnance] marks with an arrow on verso, one on recto.
- Provenance
- Part of Ordnance drawing collection transferred to War Office in 1855. Transferred to Ministry of Works, probably from the War Office, 1946.
- GAC number
- 45