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Reference number
SM 3/1/1 copy
Purpose
[1] Perspective design
Aspect
Perspective of 3-by-3-bay house
Inscribed
James King Esqre
Signed and dated
- 01/02/1805
Lincolns Inn Fields Feby 1: 1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, blue and green washes with muti-ruled and sepia wash border, on wove paper (357 x 534)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The Soane office Day Book entry for 1 February 1805 has Malton and Seward as 'Drawing Plan & Perspective View of a new House' for James King.
Charles Malton (1788)
Pupil February 1802 - December 1809.
Brinsley John Storace
Pupil April 1804 - February 1807.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The Soane office Day Book entry for 1 February 1805 has Malton and Seward as 'Drawing Plan & Perspective View of a new House' for James King.
Charles Malton (1788)
Pupil February 1802 - December 1809.
Brinsley John Storace
Pupil April 1804 - February 1807.
Watermark
J Whatman 1804
Notes
A neat design with the bays emphasised by plain pilasters. The entrance porch, pedimented and with a Tuscan order, seems rather congested.
Level
Drawing
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