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[26] Design for fitting out the library, 31 December 1808
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Reference number
SM 35/2/1
Purpose
[26] Design for fitting out the library, 31 December 1808
Aspect
Plan and wall elevations
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan and Sectiion of the Library / at / Whitley Hall / the Seat of of the Right Honble Lord Hood and a few added dimensions
Signed and dated
- 31/12/1808
L I F Decr 31 1808
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink, sepia, blue, orange washes, triple ruled and sepia wash border, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (555 x 614)
Hand
The offce Day Book for 30 December 1808 (sic) has 'Lord Hood / About Section of New Library / Underwood' that is George Allen Underwood (1792-1829) (assistant 20 September 1807 - May 1815)
Notes
All of the plans of the ground and chamber floors show the projecting profile of what may have been a chapel with three windows at one end and a five-sided windowed projection on the longest wall. The library proposal does not include the whole of the wing but includes the main part of it and gives on to the best staircase.
Level
drawing
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