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Reference number

SM 6/1/5

Purpose

[23] Design for finishings to the drawing room walls, as executed, May 1792

Aspect

Plan and elevation

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

The Withdrawing Room at Wimpole, The Earl of Hardwicke

Signed and dated

  • May 1792
    Great Scotland Yard / May 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and coloured washes including grey, yellow ochre, blue and Prussian blue, on laid paper with five fold marks (337 x 375)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office

Watermark

IV

Literature

D. Adshead, Wimpole: architectural drawings and topographical views, National Trust, 2007, pp. 76-77.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

A Life's Great Work; Sir John Soane and the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, commissioned work at Wimpole Hall, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, 10 February - 31 October 2018

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