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Reference number

SM volume 66/44

Purpose

[16] As built plan of second floor

Aspect

Chamber Story as Built

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Duke of Leeds and room dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and blue washes with quadruple ruled and black wash border on wove paper (700 x 494) on page 44 of volume 66

Hand

attributed to Frederick Meyer (1774 - ?), pupil April 1791-1796

Notes

Brettingham's design commits the solecism of dividing the bow room into two. Both of the architects rely on a great many lightweight partition walls presumably for the ease of moving and re-adjusting them.

Level

Drawing

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