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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

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