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[68] Design for additions by Lady Grenville re-drawn by Soane office
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Reference number
SM 33/2/14
Purpose
[68] Design for additions by Lady Grenville re-drawn by Soane office
Aspect
Plan
Scale
to scale of approximately 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design for the proposed additions to Stowe House - from a Sketch by Lady (pencil) Grenville, The Marquis of Buckingham, Part of the State Bed Chamber, Lord B's Writing Room, Lord B's / Dressing Room, Chamber, Spare Room, Lady B's / Dressing Room, Lady' B's / Morning Room, Maid's Room, Lord B's / Servant's Room,
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and light red washes, pricked for transfer, on wove paper, two sheets joined (625 x 853)
Hand
Soane office hand
Watermark
1806
Notes
The Soane office re-drawing of Lady Grenville's plan on graph paper is concerned with rooms for Lord and Lady Buckingham - writing room, dressing rooms, morning room, so on. However, these plans were shelved and the concern became the provision of new offices in a free-standing building. Though this was not carried out (P.Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.191.)
Level
drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk