[4] Design 'No 2' for alterations to the drawing room floor, 22 May 1801

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  - London: 22 Dunraven Street (former New Norfolk Street), Westminster: alterations for John Hammet MP, 1801 (7)

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Reference number

SM volume 67/32

Purpose

[4] Design 'No 2' for alterations to the drawing room floor, 22 May 1801

Aspect

Plan of the Drawing Room Floor / with Alterations / Design N^o 2

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Hammet Esq^r, labelled: Closet, Back Stairs, Ante Room, Best Staircase, 1^st Drawing Room / 28.0 by 26.6, 2^nd Drawing Room / 23.6 by 30.0

Signed and dated

22 May 1801
Lincolns Inn Fields May 22 1801

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, sepia and light red washes, pricked for transfer with five ruled and sepia wash on wove paper (558 x 660)

Hand

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

Watermark

WL 1794

Notes

Only the bowed projection to the 1st Drawing Room survives in this second design ('No 2').

Level

Drawing

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