[3] Survey drawing, plan of the principal floor, 29 September 1790

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Reference number

SM 30/1B/3

Purpose

[3] Survey drawing, plan of the principal floor, 29 September 1790

Aspect

Plan of the Principal Floor (verso) design for a new five-bay elevation labelled This is out of use

Scale

bar scale of 2/9 inch to 1 foot (verso) bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Hicks Beach Esq^re, rooms etc labelled: Hall, Best Staircase, Library, Closet, Butlers Pantry, Press (twice), Drawers, Breakfast Room, Vestibule, Drawing Room, Water Closet, Pipes, Eating Room and dimensions given; (verso) as above

Signed and dated

29 September 1790
Albion Place Sep^r29^th1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (691 x 575) (verso) brown pen and sepia wash, drawn without a straight edge over ruled, pencil guide lines

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office (verso) Soane
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane office hands (verso) Soane

Level

Drawing

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