[67] Drawing of cloister, 8 November 1804

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Port Eliot, St German's, Cornwall: remodelling of interior and designs for new stables for 2nd Lord Eliot, 1804-6 (97 )
    - Perspective designs for house and church (4)

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Reference number

SM volume 60/108

Purpose

[67] Drawing of cloister, 8 November 1804

Aspect

Interior perspctive

Inscribed

The Lord Eliot, View of the Cloisters

Signed and dated

08/11/1804
Nov^r 8^th 1804

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and blue washes with double ruled and sepia wash border on laid paper (235 x 308)

Hand

Attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.

Notes

It is difficult to explain the purpose of this drawing since it not clear whether is it 'of' or 'for' a cloister; the term 'view' suggests that it is a topographical drawing.

Survey drawing [20] iis labelled 'Elevation of the Cloister' and ' Elevation of Each End of the Cloister' but seems not to relate to the drawing catalogued here.

Humphry Repton, who produced a Red Book for Port Eliot in 1792, argued for the house to be linked to the abbey by a cloister. A suggestion that Soane did not take up.

The survey plan of the basement to the house (drawing [48]) has a large area shown as vaulted and with three windows. It is shown as made up of four rooms labelled: Kitchen, Scullery, Cooks Room.

Level

Drawing

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