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Drawing. SM 78/6/22 verso. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama
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Reference number

SM 78/6/22 verso

Purpose

[10] Design (office copy) for the north elevation of Anniston House as executed, 1785

Aspect

Elevation of a three-bay, three-storey house over a semi-basement flanked by hipped single-bay wings with Venetian windows. The eaves of the wings align with a string course below the first-floor windows. The main entrance is in the middle bay, slightly off-centre, with a pedimented Doric doorcase and sidelights. On the left-hand side of the sheet is a section through the front of the east wing, and on the right-hand side a section through the front of the main block, both showing internal floor heights

Scale

bar scale of 2.5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

No.6 / Anniston House John Rait Esqr. Copy / North Elevation / Kitchen, Kitchen Floor/ Nursery Blank with dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1785
    Datable to 1785. The drawing has an office numbering which fits with other dated sheets in the collection.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (532x658)

Hand

Playfair, James (1755--1794) - Art collections

Notes

This drawing shows a blank Venetian window on the front of the west wing.

Level

Drawing

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