[14] Presentation drawing showing alternative design for the ground floor, 1797

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  - Holwood House, Kent: (executed) two wings and (unexecuted) alterations and additions for the Right Hon. William Pitt, 1786, 1796-1799 (53)
    - Presentation drawings and design drawing showing two alternative designs for the ground floor and west entrance front, 1797 (4)

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Reference number

SM 2/9/13

Purpose

[14] Presentation drawing showing alternative design for the ground floor, 1797

Aspect

Design N^o2 ground floor plan

Scale

bar scale of 3/20 inch to 1 foot, approximately

Inscribed

as above, Hollwood, The Right Hon^bleWilliam Pitt, Kitchen offices, arcade, Servants' Hall, passage, door, Housekeeper, Butler wait[ing] room, & ante room Butler / for plates glasses &c / in common use, Eating Room, Lobby, Passage, Library, Court, Arcade, Steward's Room, Vestibule, Drawing Room, Portico

Signed and dated

1797
Lincolns Inn Fields 1797 and September 1798 (see Notes)

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pink, grey and blue washes, brown pen within triple-ruled and black wash border on laid paper (669 x 478)

Hand

SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane and attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808)
Attributed to Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Soane and attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808)

Watermark

I Taylor and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and GR 1794 below

Level

Drawing

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