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Reference number

SM 31/3/5

Purpose

[98] Working drawing for Pitzhanger Manor, 13 January 1801

Aspect

(Copy) Plan of the Ground Floor

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot (100) bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled Drawing Room, q[uer]Y niche in finishing, Dressing Room, Closet (four times), Water Closet, Lobby, (pencil) Eating Room, closet, strong closet, vestibule, Breakfast Room, Library, area (twice), The openings marked thus not to be altered as / Payne has got the dimensions to make the centering / aa The Bookcases in this Room to be only Pedestal high / AA Semicircular light over each of these apertures and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 13 January 1801
    Lincolns Inn Fields Jany: 13: 1801

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pale red washes, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (522 x 673)

Hand

Soane office, Soane
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane office, Soane

Literature

P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.93

Level

Drawing

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