[87 ] Working drawing for drawing room chimneypiece

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Reference number

SM 81/2/62

Purpose

[87 ] Working drawing for drawing room chimneypiece

Aspect

Plan, elevation, section and details of Chimney Piece for Circular Drawing Room

Scale

scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Copy / The Right Hon^ble / The Lord Eliot, Molding A full size, B Molding of the Jaumb full size, Gilt / Bead, Black Marble, slab, Line of Shelf, Wall line and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

13/11/1806
Lincolns Inn Fields Nov^r 13 / 1806

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, light red and yellow washes on laid paper (331 x 561)

Hand

Attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The Soane office Day book has both Seward and Charles Malton (pupil February 1802 - December 1809) 'about accounts' and 'Drawing Chimneypiece for / the Drawing Room' but the writing seems to be Seward's.

Notes

For other designs for chimneypieces see drawings [76] and [77].

Level

Drawing

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