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Reference number
SM D3/4/3
Purpose
Bowood, Wiltshire, c.1794
Aspect
[5] Four plans and flier of ground and basement rooms as in [SM D3/4/4] but with alternative designs for alterations and additions
Scale
7/15 in to 10 ft approximately
Inscribed
Drawing Room floor - internal communication with Great House, Ground Floor and four keys to rooms
Signed and dated
- c.1794
Medium and dimensions
Black and red pen, burnt umber and pink washes, pencil additions on laid paper (340 x 480)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and GR below
Notes
For scheme A / B Dance proposes the addition of a five-bay New Gallery linking the Supper room in the Little House to the Great House. Scheme C / D has a smaller three-bay New Gallery and a Raised Gallery round the upper part of the Octagon Staircase.
Level
Drawing
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