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Reference number
SM 35/3/8
Purpose
[4] Sketch design
Aspect
Plan and elevation
Scale
bar scale of 1/16 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
John Thomson Esqre / Sketch of a Design for a Villa, labelled Portico, Drawing Room, Billiard / Room, Eating Room, (?) -- ----- over these / 2 Rooms, Mr Thomson / Room, (?) Conservatory, Hall, lower court, Mrs Thomson, Children, Court, Arcade, HKeeper, Kitchen, Offices, Ser[van]ts / Hall
Signed and dated
- 13/05/1804
May 13: 1804
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen, some pencil, shaded, hatching on laid paper (558 x 345)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)
Notes
The massing has changed (from drawings [1-3]) and the front is now eleven bays wide with a six column portico that is single storey and not double as with previous designs. The bow on the lefthand side remains constant except for drawing [6].
Level
drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk