[19] Presentation drawing for the first floor, 10 October 1798

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  - Holwood House, Kent: (executed) two wings and (unexecuted) alterations and additions for the Right Hon. William Pitt, 1786, 1796-1799 (53)
    - Presentation drawings and a variant design for the ground and first floors, October 1798 (4)

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Reference number

SM 2/9/18

Purpose

[19] Presentation drawing for the first floor, 10 October 1798

Aspect

The Plan of the Chamber Floor

Scale

bar scale of 3/20 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(upper case) as above, A design for the alterations and additions at Hollwood a seat of the Right Hon^bleWilliam Pitt, shewn to Mr Pitt and approved of by him, upper part / of / kitchen, bed chamber (fourteen times), dressing room, passage, dressing room, lobby, court, sitting room, passage, best / staircase, passage, closet and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

10 October 1798
approved Oct^r10 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen and black, grey, blue and red washes, pencil, pricked for transfer within quadruple-ruled and grey and black washes border on laid paper (750 x 507)

Hand

SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane and Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808)
Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Soane and Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808)

Watermark

I Taylor and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and GR 1794 below

Level

Drawing

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