[56] Survey drawing, 20 October 1800

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Reference number

SM 30/3/19

Purpose

[56] Survey drawing, 20 October 1800

Aspect

(Soane) Longitudinal Section of the House at Ealing in its present state

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled (Soane) Level of Ground in front of the house, Cellar Floor, (pencil) floor of Cellar never known / to be wet, Base floor of new house at / 6 Inches above this level, 6.11 is really 7.4 / 5 allows for fall of Pavement in C^h and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

20 October 1800
(Soane) Mr Soane, Lincolns Inn Fields Oct 20^th 1800

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pale red and sepia washes, partly pricked for transfer, on wove paper (519 x 677)

Hand

Possibly Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) or Thomas Sword (pupil 1789-1804) (Day Book 20 October 1800, Day Book 24 January 1801)
Possibly Thomas Sword, draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) or Thomas Sword (pupil 1789-1804) (Day Book 20 October 1800, Day Book 24 January 1801)

Literature

J. Lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) and of George Dance the Elder (1695-1768) from the collection of Sir John Soane’s Museum, 2003, catalogue 68, pp.214-6

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Drawing

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