[12] Design for the back elevation

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Town houses
  - Glasgow: 6 Buchanan Street for Robert Dennistoun, 1798-1800 (35)
    - Designs, December 1798 (19)

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Reference number

SM 2/8/14

Purpose

[12] Design for the back elevation

Aspect

The Elevation of the Back Front

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, N^o 6 and Robert Dennistoun Esq^re

Signed and dated

00/00/1798
1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and raw umber washes, shaded with quadruple ruled and black and sepia washed border on laid paper with one fold mark (438 x 619)

Hand

Attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.

Watermark

I Taylor, fleur de lis within crowned cartouche and below GR and 1794

Notes

The five-bay back elevation has arched windows to the semi-basement, tall windows to the ground floor set in blank arches, and plain windows to the first floor with a continuous cill that is plain under the windows and reeded in between. The balustrade shares the five-part discipline. The roof is not shown.

Level

Drawing

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