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[5] Drawing room, perspective design 1808
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Reference number
SM volume 59/111
Purpose
[5] Drawing room, perspective design 1808
Aspect
Interior perspective
Inscribed
View of the Drawing Room, Earl of Breadalbane
Signed and dated
- 00/00/1808
1808
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, yellow and blue washes, with triple ruled and sepia wash border (340 x 429)
Hand
The office Day Book has an entry under 7 June 1808 - 'Lord Breadalbane / Copying internal Sketch / for fitting out of the Dining / Room / Edwards' which suggests Francis Edwards (1784-1857, improver July 1806-October 1810) as the draughtsman for this drawing - and probably the other drawings in this volume (59) for Taymouth Castle.
Notes
The design corresponds with that shown in drawings [4] and [6]. Added are eight chairs with draped seats, two couches, two sculpted figures on pedestals and blue fringed drapes to the windows. A tall and ornate mirror has been placed over the chimney-piece, walls are painted yellpw and a large carpet covers the entire floor.
Level
drawing
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