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  • image SM 13/1/2

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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