[161] Design for the interior of the entrance hall, 25 May 1798

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  - Bentley Priory, Harrow, London: (executed) two additions, outbuildings and an entrance hall addition for John James Hamilton, later 9th Earl, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, 1788-1799, 1805 (178)
    - Designs for the interior of the entrance hall, 21 and 25 May 1798 (2)

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Reference number

SM 30/2/66

Purpose

[161] Design for the interior of the entrance hall, 25 May 1798

Aspect

Cross section of the entrance hall; two sections of the rounded alcove; elevation of the rounded alcove; rough detail of banded soffit

Scale

bar scale of 4/9 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(Soane) Correct, sunk fillet, sunk fillet impost cornice qy, dimensions given, (Bailey) The Marquiss of Abercorn, Sketch of a design for the new entrance hall at Bentley Priory

Signed and dated

25 May 1798
altered May 25^th1798, (Bailey) 1798

Medium and dimensions

pencil and pen on wove paper (656 x 552)

Hand

Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808)

Level

Drawing

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