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[3] Plan of library and lobby
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Reference number
SM 33/3/B51
Purpose
[3] Plan of library and lobby
Aspect
Design for the Gothic Library &c at Stowe
Scale
to a scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above and The Marquiss of Buckingham (pencil) equal (twice) and A B, G H, and a few dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1895
1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen, some added pencil, sepia and light red washes on wove paper, pricked for transfer (625 x 499)
Hand
(attributed to Charles Malton (1788-?, pupil February 1802 - December 1809) and Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848, pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808)
Verso
Unfinished plan?
Notes
The plan shows the library as an almost square room with the addition of a lobby with a stair at one end.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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