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[87 ] Working drawing for drawing room chimneypiece
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Reference number
SM 81/2/62
Purpose
[87 ] Working drawing for drawing room chimneypiece
Aspect
Plan, elevation, section and details of Chimney Piece for Circular Drawing Room
Scale
scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Copy / The Right Honble / The Lord Eliot, Molding A full size, B Molding of the Jaumb full size, Gilt / Bead, Black Marble, slab, Line of Shelf, Wall line and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 13/11/1806
Lincolns Inn Fields Novr 13 / 1806
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, light red and yellow washes on laid paper (331 x 561)
Hand
Attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The Soane office Day book has both Seward and Charles Malton (pupil February 1802 - December 1809) 'about accounts' and 'Drawing Chimneypiece for / the Drawing Room' but the writing seems to be Seward's.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The Soane office Day book has both Seward and Charles Malton (pupil February 1802 - December 1809) 'about accounts' and 'Drawing Chimneypiece for / the Drawing Room' but the writing seems to be Seward's.
Notes
For other designs for chimneypieces see drawings [76] and [77].
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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