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Design for an unidentified villa with compass-drawn rooms in a Classical style, 70 by 67 feet
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Reference number
SM D2/8/6
Purpose
Design for an unidentified villa with compass-drawn rooms in a Classical style, 70 by 67 feet
Aspect
[1] Ground floor plan, 70ft by 67.0 deep
Scale
1/8 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
rooms labelled Hall, Dining room, Library / or Bedroom, Dressing / Room, Withdrawing room, Water / Closet, Back / stair and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c.1806
Medium and dimensions
Pen and black wash, pencil, trace lines, pricked for transfer on laid paper (265 x 255)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
Dance's poché-ed plan (folded three times, perhaps for the pocket) serves to emphasise the thick masonry wall structure and compass-drawn room plans. An octagonal ceiling is indicated for the middle area of the three-part drawing room. In the succeeding drawing, the arrangement is changed and circular.
Level
No level
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