[24] Design for front to lawn

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  - London: Cedar Court, Roehampton: alterations and additions for John Thomson, 1804-1807 (49)
    - Designs for alterations and additions, February - December, 1805 (8)

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Reference number

SM 35/3/1

Purpose

[24] Design for front to lawn

Aspect

View of the Front next the Lawn

Inscribed

as above and John Thomson Esq^re

Signed and dated

27/02/1805
Lincolns Inn Fields / Feb^ry 27 1805

Medium and dimensions

Pen, raw umber, sepia, green and blue washes with border of six lines with sepia washes on wove paper (346 x 524)

Hand

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.

Notes

Comparison with drawing [15] shows that the verandah has been re-designed so that instead of fronting the nine- bay body of the house it now stands before the three centre bays which are now flat rather than bowed (as in drawing [15]).

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Drawing

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