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[10] Design for front elevation close to drawing [9]
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Reference number
SM 2/8/6
Purpose
[10] Design for front elevation close to drawing [9]
Aspect
The Entrance Front No1 and rough pencil detail of cornice
Scale
bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, No 5, Robert Dennistoun Esqre and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 24/12/1798
Copy Decr 24 1798
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, red pen, added pencil on wove paper (483 x 624)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. Entry in Soane office Day Book for above date.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. Entry in Soane office Day Book for above date.
Notes
Inscribed 'Copy' this drawing is probably a copy after drawing [9] but without the wall plan and also with the omission of the right-hand door (leading to the rear of the house) and with the tablets between the windows removed. The raised panel with a pair of antefixae above the cornice and flanked by a balustrade has been raised and re-proportioned to a better effect.
There is a similar drawing in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum see P.du Prey, Sir John Soane, 1985,p.103 under London, Ealing (formerly Middlesex) Pitzhanger Manor House, drawing 427 which is labelled 'Design for Pitzhanger House Ealing but is actually a near copy of drawing [10].
There is a similar drawing in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum see P.du Prey, Sir John Soane, 1985,p.103 under London, Ealing (formerly Middlesex) Pitzhanger Manor House, drawing 427 which is labelled 'Design for Pitzhanger House Ealing but is actually a near copy of drawing [10].
Level
Drawing
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