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[16] Music room, perspective design 1808
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Reference number
SM volume 59/109
Purpose
[16] Music room, perspective design 1808
Aspect
Interior perspective
Inscribed
Earl of Breadalbane / Taymouth Castle and View of the Music Room
Signed and dated
- 00/00/1808
1808
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, mauve, green and yellow washes, multi-ruled and sepia wash border,on wove paper (340 x 425)
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 perspectival drawings in this volume for Taymouth Castle.
Notes
A glimpse of trees gives some relief for another tall room.
Level
drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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