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[8] Record drawing, made 1794 or after
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Reference number
SM 13/1/2
Purpose
[8] Record drawing, made 1794 or after
Aspect
Reduced copy of ground floor plan of SM 13/1/5 (competition design No.3 with motto 'Mihi turpe relinqui est')
Scale
1/27 in to 1 ft (approximately)
Inscribed
rooms labelled and dimensions given. Mihi turpe relinqui est [it is shameful for me to be left behind] (competition motto)
Signed and dated
- 1794 or after
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (520 x 730)
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
J Whatman 1794 and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and W below
Level
Drawing
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