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[81] Slightly variant design forfitting out library
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Reference number
SM 34/2/29
Purpose
[81] Slightly variant design forfitting out library
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations for the Library
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Right Honble, The Lord Eliot and Books (twice)
Signed and dated
- 08/02/1806
Lincolns Inn Fields Feby 8 1806 - 08/02/1806
Lincolns Inn Fields Feby 8 1806
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, yellow and blue washes, shaded, partly pricked for transfer, on laid paper (550 x 689)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Notes
This design varies from the previous drawing ([80]) in the arrangement of the book shelves, for example, in five banks on drawing [80] and four banks here (the chimneypiece wall, in varying widths). See also note to drawing [74].
Level
Drawing
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