Scale
(recto) full size, (verso) with bar scale
Inscribed
(recto) as above, Sir Bouchier Wrey Bart and line of finish'd wall (verso) Sir Bouchier Wrey Bart, Moldings AA / ½ full size / C.C. equal margins, E / Ground / line, Moldings to the / Pannels on both / sides the door / ½ full size / Door 2½ thick and / the pannels to be / glaz'd up in two / thicknesses / E. Arms of the Family, Elevation of Entrance Door to Hall, B.B. These Pannels of equal / heights / The door to open as high / as D. the upper part / to be fixed, door labelled Square (twice), Elevation of the Niche shewing the / Pedestal in it the length of which / must be determined by the Statue / and also the breadth, A.A. These Moldings are to / correspond with the / present Base and / Surbase Moldings and / are to range with them / D. The Crest, The door to open as high as D. / the upper part to be fixed / E. The profile of these moldings / is shewn above / Door 2"½ thick and the pannels / to be glew'd up in two thicknesses, door labelled Glass (four times) and 1" bead, some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 17 May 1790
(verso) Copy May 17th 1790
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and light red washes (verso: pen and light red wash), pricked for transfer on thin cartridge paper (675 x 545)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office hand (? William Lodder (1757-1827), assistant 1789-1796)
Level
Drawing
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