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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.

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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