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Reference number

SM 33/2/15

Purpose

[65] Part plan of ground floor from book

Aspect

Part plan of Stowe (west wing?)

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Plan of part of Stowe taken from Book, The Marquis of Buckingham, rooms labelled Bailiff office, Clerk of the Works office, Orangery (twice), State Bed Chamber, N, and a few pencil dimensions

Signed and dated

  • 1817
    1817

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash on wove paper, pricked for transfer (535 x 745)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

The drawing was copied from a book and with drawing [66] they could be considered as survey drawings.

Level

drawing

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