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Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/37

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for the house by Stiff Leadbetter, 1756

Aspect

Plan of the principal (first) storey of a seven-bay house, with a central staircase, and an octagonal room behind a canted bow on the west side

Scale

bar scale of 1/9 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the principal floor of the Rt Honble the Earl of Harcourts House and dimensions given (verso) 5

Signed and dated

  • 1756
    datable to 1756

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (399 x 265)

Hand

Stiff Leadbetter

Watermark

LVG and a shield surmounted by fleur-de-lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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