[2] Design with part-specification, July 1785

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Reference number

SM 28/4/4

Purpose

[2] Design with part-specification, July 1785

Aspect

The Plan of the Cellar Story

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, N Rix Esq^re, labelled (Soane/Baldwin): Washouse & Laundry, Kitchen with Dresser and (red pen) Let this Window / be set out level with / the Kitchen floor, (pen) Scullery, Wine Cellar, The Passage to the / Cellars, Beer Cellar, The Washouse, (pencil) The dairy and Servants Hall, (red pen) dimensions added and note: The whole to be paved with / 10 Inch pavements and Lime white (twice). Verso (McDonnell) instructions beginning: To dig out the Earth according to the Dimensions of the Plan, 2 feet 6 In^sbelow the present level of the Ground, the Walls to be trenched / one foot ... and ending All the Timbers to be bedded in Loam, if it can be had conveniently

Signed and dated

J Soane and July 3^d1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen, red pen, black and grey washes, within single ruled (wide) border on laid paper (590 x 470 average) with traces of red sealing wax on four corners of verso

Hand

recto Robert Baldwin (fl.1762-1804)/Soane verso John McDonnell (pupil, 18 March 1786-91)

Watermark

J Whatman, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W

Level

Drawing

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