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[84] Design for drawing room including ceiling and colour scheme
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Reference number
SM 34/2/22
Purpose
[84] Design for drawing room including ceiling and colour scheme
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations for the Drawing Room
Scale
bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Plan A, B, C, Section on the Line A-B, Section on the Line C-D, Section on the Line D-C
Signed and dated
- 31/05/1806
Lincolns Inn Fields / May 31 1806
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, olive green, pink, blue and yellow washes with triple ruled border, shaded, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (392 x 480)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Watermark
fleur de lis over 1797 (twice)
Notes
The form of decoration for the ceiling is beginnng to emerge while the rendering of the walls in a green olive wash becomes lighter on drawing [85].
Level
Drawing
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