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[2] Initial design: ground floor plan as drawing
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Reference number
SM 5/1/29
Purpose
[2] Initial design: ground floor plan as drawing
Aspect
The Plan of the Hall Floor and (verso) crude pencil outline of plan on recto
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Mr Mansel, labelled: Drawing Room, Hall, Closet (twice), Justice Room, Dressg Room, Passageway to Kitchen &c, The Library and Breakfast Room, Kitchen, Scullery, Pantry and Eating Room and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 00/00/1799
1799
Medium and dimensions
Pen and red (with some yellowing) wash with multi-ruled and black and sepia washed border on laid paper with one fold mark (732 x 523)
Hand
Attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Notes
A neat copy of Soane's drawing [1], both have (on the right flank) a setback 14 or 15 feet wide by 12 feet and marked by two columns. It is difficult to know the intention but whatever it was it was dropped in subsequent designs.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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