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Reference number

SM D3/4/4

Purpose

Bowood, Wiltshire, c.1794

Aspect

[4] Plans B and a showing existing ground floor and basement floor of link wing with adjacent rooms, with fliers showing 'after' and two elevations showing Appearance of the / Supper room Tower / when the new Building / shall be erected and Appearance of the new Building / towards the West

Scale

7/15 in to 10 ft approximately

Inscribed

as above and keys (first floor) a / No. 1 Waiting Hall / 2 Octagon Staircase / 3 Vestibule / 4 Drawing Room / 5 Supper Room / 6 New Passage, (ground floor) B / 1 Octagon Staircase / 2 Still Room / 3 Housekeepers room / 4 Passages / 5 Steps to the Cellars / 6 China Closet / 7 Maids room / 8 Stewards room and two further keys C and D for two fliers with alternative layouts for ground floor

Signed and dated

  • c.1794

Medium and dimensions

Black and red pen, burnt umber and blue washes, pencil additions on laid paper with three fliers (275 x 480)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

Portal & Bridges 1795

Notes

The 'communication' has grown and is now of three bays. An extra 'communication' is proposed for the lower floor.

Level

Drawing

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