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