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[88] Initial design for stables
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Reference number
SM 64/5/31
Purpose
[88] Initial design for stables
Aspect
Plan and front elevation
Scale
rough bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
The Lord Eliot, labelled Yard for Dung, Gate / for | Cay | Dung, 2 Stalls / or Loose Stable (twice), Harness, Hay (twice), Hay & Corn, Harness (twice), Entrance, Qy[query] Ride --- to --- (?) House and a few dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 07/12/1805
Decr 7 1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper (552 x 341)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Notes
The earliest surviving drawing for stables at Port Eliot was made by Seward presumably after discussion with Soane since the adoption of a castellated style is unusual (for Soane). Ptolemy Dean's notes for the Soane Monuments Trust (Soane Museum library, date?) state that the stables at Port Eliot are 'possibly Soane's most original stables'.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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