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Reference number

SM D1/13/17

Purpose

Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08

Aspect

[100] Plan of Polygon Hall and Staircase and exedra at first floor level showing the timbers of the gallery

Scale

Scale ¾ Inch to the Foot

Inscribed

as above, Coleorton Hall - the Seat of Sir George Beaumont, Bart dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Coleorton

Signed and dated

  • 1802-08

Medium and dimensions

Pen, yellow, sepia, pink and burnt umber washes, pencil on laid paper, a strip added (520 x 885)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw IV and D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis

Notes

Pink wash indicates the first floor level and, it is assumed, sepia wash the ground floor level. The radiating timbers for the gallery (which has a 12 foot diameter clear) are shown as well as the heating ducts for the stair hall.

Level

Drawing

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