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Reference number

SM 46/3/16

Purpose

[3] Presentation drawing, Elevation of the Lawn Front, 1793

Aspect

Elevation of the Lawn Front (to the east)

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

as above and The Honble Mrs Yorke

Signed and dated

  • 1793
    Datable to 1793 in accord with drawing 1

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes, shaded within quadruple-ruled pen and burnt umber wash border on laid paper (300 x 468)

Hand

Pupil 1786-91 John McDonnell, draughtsman
John McDonnell (pupil 1786-91)

Watermark

Portal & Co

Literature

P. du Prey, Sir John Soane, 1985, in series of 'Catalogues of architectural drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum', pp.45-6

Level

Drawing

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