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[24] Presentation drawing of an alternative preliminary design for the house, c. June 1793
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM volume 62/51a
Purpose
[24] Presentation drawing of an alternative preliminary design for the house, c. June 1793
Aspect
Ground floor plan
Scale
to a scale of 1/11 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(some in upper case, in pen and pencil) Vestibule / 18.0 / by / 18, Dressing Room, Chamber / 20.3 by 18, Closet, Dressing Room, Water / Closet, Breakfast / Library / 25.10½ by 18.6, Drawing Room / 33.6 by 28:10½, Billiard Room / 25-- by 36 / Eating Room / Library, Eating Room / 34.0 by 23.3
Signed and dated
- c. June 1793
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and black wash, within triple-ruled and wash border on laid paper (437 x 254)
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
J Buttanshaw
Literature
P. du Prey, Sir John Soane, 1985, in series of 'Catalogues of architectural drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum', catalogue 126, plate 27, pp. 59-60.
Level
Drawing
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