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[67] Drawing of cloister, 8 November 1804
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Reference number
SM volume 60/108
Purpose
[67] Drawing of cloister, 8 November 1804
Aspect
Interior perspctive
Inscribed
The Lord Eliot, View of the Cloisters
Signed and dated
- 08/11/1804
Novr 8th 1804
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and blue washes with double ruled and sepia wash border on laid paper (235 x 308)
Hand
Attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Notes
It is difficult to explain the purpose of this drawing since it not clear whether is it 'of' or 'for' a cloister; the term 'view' suggests that it is a topographical drawing.
Survey drawing [20] iis labelled 'Elevation of the Cloister' and ' Elevation of Each End of the Cloister' but seems not to relate to the drawing catalogued here.
Humphry Repton, who produced a Red Book for Port Eliot in 1792, argued for the house to be linked to the abbey by a cloister. A suggestion that Soane did not take up.
The survey plan of the basement to the house (drawing [48]) has a large area shown as vaulted and with three windows. It is shown as made up of four rooms labelled: Kitchen, Scullery, Cooks Room.
Survey drawing [20] iis labelled 'Elevation of the Cloister' and ' Elevation of Each End of the Cloister' but seems not to relate to the drawing catalogued here.
Humphry Repton, who produced a Red Book for Port Eliot in 1792, argued for the house to be linked to the abbey by a cloister. A suggestion that Soane did not take up.
The survey plan of the basement to the house (drawing [48]) has a large area shown as vaulted and with three windows. It is shown as made up of four rooms labelled: Kitchen, Scullery, Cooks Room.
Level
Drawing
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