[7] Great dining room, design, May 1808

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Taymouth Castle, Kenmore, Perthshire: unexecuted designs for the interiors, for Lord Breadalbane, 1808 -1809 (17)

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Reference number

SM 7/1/3

Purpose

[7] Great dining room, design, May 1808

Aspect

Plan and laid out half wall elevatiions

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot ?

Inscribed

Section of the different sides, and the Ceiling of the / Great Dining Room, Taymouth Castle, the Entablature / to be of enriched stucco work, the 6 side Compartments in / the Ceiling which are left unfinished are proposed to be / filled up with reclining figures / N^o 84

Signed and dated

00/05/1808
May 1808

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink and sepia washes, shaded, triple ruled and sepia wash border, on wove paper (494 x 707)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office

Watermark

J Whatman

Notes

The ceiling is elaborate and has compartments that are to have sculptures added.

Level

drawing

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