[1] Survey plan of library

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  - London: No. 49 (formerly 44) Grosvenor Square: alterations for the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, 1797-9 (18)
    - Survey and design drawings, 1797-8 (10)

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Reference number

SM 39/1/45

Purpose

[1] Survey plan of library

Aspect

Plan and Section[s] of the Library / at M^rr Bethells House Charles Street Grosvenor Sq^re(verso) unfinished part-plan of the first floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Countess of Pembroke, plan labelled Book case and 25':6" , 15":6"

Signed and dated

10/10/1797
Lincolns Inn Fields Oct^r 10 1797
Lincolns Inn Fields Octr 10 1797
10/10/1797
Lincolns Inn Fields Octr 10 1797
Lincolns Inn Fields Octr 10 1797

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and light red washes, shaded on laid secretary paper (verso) pencil (380 x 227) (verso) pen

Hand

George Mansfield, surveyor 1 May 1797 - December 1800

Watermark

Post horn within crowned cartouche and below, GR

Notes

'Mr Bethell' was Christopher Bethell who lived in the house from 1770 or 1771 until his death in 1797 (aged 69). The library was the finest room with round-headed, arcaded (east and west) walls with Ionic pilasters, in which were set the bookshelves and, on the south side, three windows. Fronting the bookshelves were two vaulted divisions with freestanding Ionic columns.

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