[32] Design drawing that includes an alternative staircase, August 1799

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    - Design drawings and presentation copies of a design that includes an alternative staircase, one dated 9 August 1799 (5)

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Reference number

SM 2/9/30

Purpose

[32] Design drawing that includes an alternative staircase, August 1799

Aspect

Plan of the chamber floor; rough plan of the secondary staircase; three unidentified rough plans; and six variant preliminary designs for the ground floor entrance hall

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot, approximately and plans ½ size

Inscribed

as above, The Right Hon^bleWilliam Pitt, stewards office, setwards Ch[amber], chamber, common / staircase, corridor, chamber, servants room, chamber, 2^ddressing / room, 1^st dress^g / room, chamber, dressing room, water / closet, dressing room, landing of best / staircase, lobby, dressing / room, chamber, closet, closet, corridor, the lady's dressing room, chamber, dressing room, closet (twice), passage, chamber, corridor, water / closet, 1.1½, 9, (pencil) numbered 1 to 7, (feint pencil) 3 views, 7 ---- (illegible) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

August 1799
July 1799, datable to August 1799 (see Notes)

Medium and dimensions

Pen and grey and blue washes, pencil pricked for transfer within triple-ruled and black wash border on laid paper (685 x 475)

Hand

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

Watermark

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

Literature

P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, pp. 176, 187-188, and P. Dean Sir John Soane and London, 2006, p. 239; J.P.W. Ehrman and A. Smith, 'Pitt, William', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online (accessed July 2011).

Level

Drawing

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