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[8] Plan of first floor with alterations
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Reference number
SM 40/3/17
Purpose
[8] Plan of first floor with alterations
Aspect
Plan of the Drawing Room Floor / with Proposed Alterations
Scale
bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Robert Knight Esqre, labelled Drawing Room, Anti-room, Drawing Room 27.6 by 25.3
Signed and dated
- 23/02/1802
Lincolns Inn Fields Feby 23 1802
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and red washes with triple ruled and sepia wash border, pricked for transfer on stout wove paper with one fold mark (875 x 548)
Hand
The office Day Book has an entry for 23 February 1802 - ' Robert Knight Esqr / About Plans of / Alterations in / Charles Street / Seward', that is, Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848) pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808
Notes
The drawing room (extended by about 14 feet) has been enlarged to the full width and repeats the form given to the ground floor library (see [6]). A lobby has been made between the ante-room and the south drawing room.
See Survey of London, The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, volume XL part II, 1980, p.162
See Survey of London, The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, volume XL part II, 1980, p.162
Level
Drawing
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