[36] Record copy of first contract drawing dated May 1784

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - Tendring Hall, Suffolk: (executed) house for Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, 1783-1789 (55)

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Reference number

SM volume 41/27 verso

Purpose

[36] Record copy of first contract drawing dated May 1784

Aspect

Reduced copy of SM 28/3/1 - Plan of the Principal Story of Tendering Hall, Suffolk and elevations of north and south fronts

Scale

bar scale of 1/17 inch to one foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled and dimensions given as on original drawing SM 28/3/1

Signed and dated

original drawing dated May 1784 and copied after 1 September 1784

Medium and dimensions

close or very close to the medium of original SM 28/3/1, on laid paper (364 x 244) bound into 'Precedents in Architecture' SM volume 41

Hand

John Sanders (pupil, 1 September 1784-90)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis

Notes

John Sanders made careful copies to a reduced scale of the drawings (SM 28/3/1, SM 28/3/2, SM 28/3/3, SM 28/3/4 and SM 28/3/5) made by Robert Baldwin (fl. 1762-c.1804). The young pupil 'corrected' Baldwin's habit of placing elevations around a plan so that the topmost is upside down but spelt Tendring 'Tendering' - as did Baldwin.

Level

Drawing

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