[12] Working drawing for the drawing and eating rooms, cornices, 5 February 1790

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SM 80/1/64

Purpose

[12] Working drawing for the drawing and eating rooms, cornices, 5 February 1790

Aspect

Full size details for cornices in the drawing and eating rooms and in the bedrooms

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Cornice to the Eating Room full size, Line of Cieling, Line of finished wall, CACA / A. Equal to the width of a Console and / recessed between the Blocks B. ¾ of an / inch - C. Square; Cornice to the drawing Room full size, Spandrill, Cornice at the Bottom of the Spandrills / in Staircase full size, Line of finished wall, Line of wall / when finished, Cove; Cornice _^ ^tothe Bed-Chambers / full size

Signed and dated

5 February 1790
Copy Welbeck Street Feb^y5^th1790

Medium and dimensions

pen, sepia and raw umber washes, shaded, on laid paper with one fold mark

Hand

Pupil 1786-91 John McDonnell, draughtsman
John McDonnell (pupil 1786-91)

Level

Drawing

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