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Reference number

SM 46/2/A2

Purpose

[7] Design for a villa, 1792

Aspect

Elevation No2

Scale

(no bar scales) 1/9 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above and Sir Frederick Eden Bart

Signed and dated

  • 1792
    Copy Great Scotland Yard Decr 22d 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, Naples yellow and blue washes with quadruple-ruled, sepia and raw umber washed border on laid paper (268 x 372)

Hand

Soane's office Day Book for 1792 shows that between 19 and 29 December 1792, Frederick Meyer (pupil 1791-6), Thomas Taylor (clerk December 1792-March 1793) and Thomas Jeans (pupil 1792-1797) worked on drawings for Frederick Eden and that 'No.4, fair drawings' were sent to him on 22 December

Watermark

J Buttanshaw

Level

Drawing

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