[75] Design for alterations to library (as [74])

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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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Reference number

SM 34/2/30

Purpose

[75] Design for alterations to library (as [74])

Aspect

Plan and section of the Library

Scale

to a scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Right Hon^ble / The Lord Eliot, Same height as Saloon, old Cornice, A Recess with an architrave / to correspond with the opening opposite, Pedestal Stove pipe to connect to / warm air and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

12/07/1805
Lincolns Inn Fields July 12^th 1805

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, blue, light red and yellow washes on laid paper (320 x 397)

Hand

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

Watermark

Curtess & Son / 1805 Britannia with shield holding lance and olive branch within crowned oval

Notes

Drawn to a larger scale but otherwise as drawing [74] q.v. for note on location of library.

Level

Drawing

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