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[140] Design for the entrance hall, cross section, 1798
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Reference number
SM 30/2/60
Purpose
[140] Design for the entrance hall, cross section, 1798
Aspect
Cross section; plan of column; part-wall plan; (verso) basement floor plan of the offices and part of the old house
Scale
bar scale of 4/9 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(Soane) In this section shew the old part / in dotted lines where it intersects / with the new, 18 flutes, dimensions given, (pencil) landing and calculations (Bailey) The Marquess of Abercorn, Sketch of a design for the New Entrance Hall at Bentley Priory; (verso) staircase risers numbered 1 to 10 and (pencil) 1 to 24 and dimensions given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- April 1798
(Bailey) 1798
Datable to April 1798 in accord with drawing 139
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and pen on wove paper (668 x 559)
Hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane, and some titles added later by George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil and assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)
Bailey, George (1792--1860)
Soane, and some titles added later by George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil and assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)
Soane, and some titles added later by George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil and assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)
Bailey, George (1792--1860)
Soane, and some titles added later by George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil and assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)
Level
Drawing
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