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[16] Revised plan for alterations to ground floor
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Reference number
SM 34/3/13
Purpose
[16] Revised plan for alterations to ground floor
Aspect
Plan of the Hall Floor / with Alterations and pencil detail (verso) two ? unrelated plans
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Right Honble / the Lord Eliot, labelled Area (3 times), Portico, Library, Waiting / Room, Eating Room, Court, Upper Part of Kitchen and some (pencil) dimensions given (verso) dimensions and calculations
Signed and dated
- 10/05/1805
Lincolns Inn Fields May 10 1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, blue and red washes, pencil, with triple ruled and sepia wash border, (verso) added pencil, on wove paper (645 x 452)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Notes
A comparison with drawing [12] shows some changes. The entrance is now to St James's Square and the eating room and library have changed places. The entrance hall is extended and the best stair moved to the left-hand side though this has a pencil cancellation.
Level
Drawing
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