[46] Design for the front room, 6 November 1801

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Town houses
  - London: 90 Fleet Street, City of London: new banking house for William Praed, 1801 (59)
    - John Soane junior (1823-1848) [grandson], Sketchbook containing early studies in perspective, w/m: J. Whatman/1837. Marbled boards, leather spine (270 x 375)

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Reference number

SM 40/2/51

Purpose

[46] Design for the front room, 6 November 1801

Aspect

Plan and laid-out wall elevations (Plan & Sections of Shop) and detail of beading

Scale

unavailable

Inscribed

as above, Mess^rs Praeds & C^o / Fleet Street, labelled: Glass, NB The windows / spring higher than / the other Arches, This end must be battened sufficiently / to admit the Shutters in four Flaps, To range with Capping of / Window Backs, Guard Iron in Cis head of Sash, The Bead on the angles / of Arches &c, Batten against old Wall to form recess, (pencil) Plaster on Wall, aaa equal width / bbb equal, this side to be battened to answer the / other end, no Door here, a (6 times), b (3 times), c (twice), equal, folding Door / straight on Plan / 2/3 to open and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

6 November 1801
Lincolns Inn Fields / Nov^r 6 1801

Medium and dimensions

unavailable

Hand

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.

Watermark

CHECK

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Building a Dialogue: The Architect and the Client, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 17 February - 9 May 2015

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