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Reference number

SM 13/1/2, 13/1/3

Purpose

Record drawings, made 1794 or after (2)

Aspect

8 Reduced copy of ground floor plan of drawing 2 (competition design No.3 with motto 'Mihi turpe relinqui est'
9 Reduced copy of ground floor plan of drawing 5 (competition design No. 7 with motto 'To your decree I bend'

Scale

1/27 in to 1 ft (approximately)

Inscribed

rooms labelled and dimensions given 2 Mihi turpe relinqui est [it is shameful for me to be left behind] (competition motto) 3 To your decree I bend (competition motto)

Signed and dated

  • 1794 or after

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (520 x 735, 525 x 740)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

J Whatman 1794 and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and W below

Level

Drawing

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