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[2] Alternative preliminary design, March-April 1784
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Reference number
SM 28/1/8
Purpose
[2] Alternative preliminary design, March-April 1784
Aspect
No2 (Baldwin) and (added later by George Bailey, office assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60) Plan of the Principal Floor Design No 2 for The Revd John Gooch. The four-part, square plan (37½ by 38 feet) has the kitchen offices attached to one side and stables on the other - both with semicircular courts; (verso) (pencil) incomplete section showing the profiles of Block[ing course], Corn[ice], Top of Cap[ital] and string course
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled (Baldwin) Porch, Vestibule, Eating Parlor, Drawing Room, Library, Best Staircase, Servants Hall, Passage, Kitchen, Scullery, Pantry and (left-hand side) Coachouse and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1784
(added later by Bailey) 1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and black washes within black ruled and sepia wash border on laid paper (361 x 519)
Hand
BALDWIN, Robert (fl. 1762--1787), draughtsman
Drawings 1-8 have all been attributed to Robert Baldwin (fl. 1762-c.1804). The inscription of drawing 1 and the numbering of subsequent drawings are in his hand as are the room labels. Other drawings from Soane's early practice also attributed to Baldwin include drawings made for the dairy at Hammels Park, Blackfriars Bridge in Norwich and Letton Hall (q.q.q.v). All made in 1783-4 when Soane (who was without office help until he acquired his first pupil in September 1784) relied on ad hoc assistance from Baldwin. The rendered drawings (elevations) made for Saxlingham were evidently done in a hurry, lacking Baldwin's usual finesse but with his favoured green washes.
Drawings 1-8 have all been attributed to Robert Baldwin (fl. 1762-c.1804). The inscription of drawing 1 and the numbering of subsequent drawings are in his hand as are the room labels. Other drawings from Soane's early practice also attributed to Baldwin include drawings made for the dairy at Hammels Park, Blackfriars Bridge in Norwich and Letton Hall (q.q.q.v). All made in 1783-4 when Soane (who was without office help until he acquired his first pupil in September 1784) relied on ad hoc assistance from Baldwin. The rendered drawings (elevations) made for Saxlingham were evidently done in a hurry, lacking Baldwin's usual finesse but with his favoured green washes.
Watermark
C T & Son
Level
Drawing
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