[6] Record copy of interior details and of specification for the ground and first floors, January 1786

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Reference number

SM volume 41/64 verso

Purpose

[6] Record copy of interior details and of specification for the ground and first floors, January 1786

Aspect

Details of: Cornice for the Center Room - South Front; Cornice for the Drawing Room; Cornice for the Hall, the best Staircase / M^rRix^'sRoom & the two best Chambers; Base & Surbase in the / Eating Room & drawing / room; Architrave to all the / doors on the Ground / & Hall floors and of pilaster and architrave labelled: front line of shutter, Into this Pilaster / the Shutters are to lock & is to project from the Wall Line / sufficiently to receive the Shutters / & to stop the Moldings

Scale

¼ Size

Inscribed

as above, N.Rix Esq^reand some dimensions given

Signed and dated

Jan: 1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink wash, pencil on laid paper (364 x 244) bound into 'Precedents in Architecture' SM volume 41

Hand

John McDonnell (pupil, 18 March 1786-91)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis

Notes

The date 'January 1786' refers to the date of the original drawing that was copied. John McDonnell was articled to Soane from 18 March 1786 and obviously the copy was made after that date.

Level

Drawing

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