[2] Contract drawing for alterations to basement floor, 8 May 1807

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  - London: 4 Dean Street: designs for alterations for Robert Knight 1804, 1807 and 1808 (11)

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Reference number

SM 39/1/37

Purpose

[2] Contract drawing for alterations to basement floor, 8 May 1807

Aspect

Plan of the Basement Floor

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Robert Knight Esq^r, Housekeeper's / room, Sink, Butler's Pantry, Bed, Privy, Kitchen, Sink 2, Boiler, 2 Stoves, Sky light, Forcing Pump, Cellar and Closet ,No:1 and signed R.Knight and Tho^s Seymour

Signed and dated

08/05/1807
John Soane / May 8: 1807 and Lincolns Fields / May 8th: 1807

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, blue and pink washes, triple ruled and sepia wash border, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (528 x 353)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office

Watermark

J Whatman 1804

Notes

One of a set of five drawings [2]-[6] showing the new work in a pink wash (standard for Soane office drawings). The drawings are signed by John Soane (architect), R.Knight (owner of building) and Thomas Seymour who may have been the tenant.

Level

drawing

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