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[8] Designs for ceiling and wall to a larger scale
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Reference number
SM 33/3/B32
Purpose
[8] Designs for ceiling and wall to a larger scale
Aspect
Part of the Plan shewing the Cieling and Part of the [wall] Section on the Line L - M
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
As above, The Marquis of Buckingham, Design for part of the Gothic Library at Stowe and No 6
Signed and dated
- 15/03/1805
Lincolns Inn Fields March 15th 1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, sepia and pink washes, shaded with triple ruled and black wash border on wove paper, partly pricked for transfer (705 x 496)
Hand
The office Day Book for 15 March 1805 gives Seward and Malton as working on Stowe, that is Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808) and Charles Malton (1788-?, pupil February 1802 - December 1809)
Notes
Seward's greater experience probably shows itself here. The detailing for the panelling flanking the fire-place is strong but lean and echoes the ornament for the ceiling.
Level
Drawing
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