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Reference number

SM 35/4/8

Purpose

[26] Further variant design for entrance front and (verso) preliminary lesene design

Aspect

Design for the Entrance Front and (verso) early versions of designs A and B for a scheme modulated by lesenes

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above and ReymundoPutt Esqre (verso) Half Elevation /A, half Elevation B and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 00/11/1811
    Novr 1811 (verso) 18 Novr 1811

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, shaded, on wove paper (335 x 469) and (verso) pencil, pen, brown pen and sepia wash

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)
Verso: Soane, over Soane office hand.
George Basevi (1794 - 1845)
Recto: George Basevi, pupil December 1810 - June 1816.

Notes

Essentially the recto design is close to drawing [25] recto but the windows on each side are left bare. The 'lesene' design on the verso precedes the following drawings [27-33] where a lesene motif is used.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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