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Reference number

SM 5/1/25

Purpose

[11] Slightly variant first floor plan

Aspect

Design for the Chamber Floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Mr Mansel, Closet, Staircase to Attics, Door,4½ / a / equal, ab / equal / 4½, make a = ab

Signed and dated

  • 18/06/1799
    Lincolns Inn Fields 18 June 1799

Medium and dimensions

Pen and red wash (with some yellowing), penci,l brown pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (514 x 595)

Hand

Attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Nothing recorded in the Soane office Day Book for 18 June 1799 but attributed to Henry Hake Seward, pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.

Notes

The minor changes from drawings [9-10] are a rounding off of two corners in one of the larger bedrooms, something similar for the stair well, and the addition of the attic stair.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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