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[2] Design with part-specification, July 1785
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Reference number
SM 28/4/4
Purpose
[2] Design with part-specification, July 1785
Aspect
The Plan of the Cellar Story
Scale
bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, N Rix Esqre, labelled (Soane/Baldwin): Washouse & Laundry, Kitchen with Dresser and (red pen) Let this Window / be set out level with / the Kitchen floor, (pen) Scullery, Wine Cellar, The Passage to the / Cellars, Beer Cellar, The Washouse, (pencil) The dairy and Servants Hall, (red pen) dimensions added and note: The whole to be paved with / 10 Inch pavements and Lime white (twice). Verso (McDonnell) instructions beginning: To dig out the Earth according to the Dimensions of the Plan, 2 feet 6 Ins below the present level of the Ground, the Walls to be trenched / one foot ... and ending All the Timbers to be bedded in Loam, if it can be had conveniently
Signed and dated
- J Soane and July 3d 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen, red pen, black and grey washes, within single ruled (wide) border on laid paper (590 x 470 average) with traces of red sealing wax on four corners of verso
Hand
recto Robert Baldwin (fl.1762-1804)/Soane verso John McDonnell (pupil, 18 March 1786-91)
Watermark
J Whatman, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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