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  • image SM D2/8/8

Reference number

SM D2/8/8

Purpose

Design for an unidentified villa with compass-drawn rooms in a Classical style, 70 by 67 feet

Aspect

[2] Plan of three-part drawing room

Scale

¼ in to 1 ft

Signed and dated

  • c.1806

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen and light red wash, pencil, trace lines, pricked for transfer on laid paper (305 x 435)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

cartouche with bend surmounted by fleur-de-lis and W below

Notes

This corresponds to the previous drawing except in a few details. For example, an octagonal ceiling is indicated for the middle area of the three-part drawing room on [SM D2/8/6] but here, three circular ceilings, perhaps domed with circular lanterns, are shown.

Level

Drawing

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

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