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Reference number

SM 81/1/63

Purpose

[6] Working drawing for drawing room chimney-piece

Aspect

Plan, elevation and full size detail with (pencil) added detail of ? bracket

Scale

1 inch to 1 foot and full size

Inscribed

The Rt Honble Lord Eliot, Down Ampney House, Drawing room (full size), Slab 5'10", and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 15/07/1799
    (Copy) Lincolns Inn Fields July 15:1799

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, light red and yellow washes, shaded, added pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (530 x 683)

Hand

Attributed to George Mansfield, surveyor 1 May 1797 - December 1800

Notes

A plain fluted design.

Level

Drawing

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