[3] Record copy of working drawing for a music room, December 1784

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  - Earsham, Norfolk: (executed) conversion of a garden building to a music room and alterations and additions to the offices for William Windham, 28 September 1784-1785 (4)
    - Working drawing and record copies of working drawings for a music room, September and December 1784 (3)

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Reference number

SM volume 41/40 verso

Purpose

[3] Record copy of working drawing for a music room, December 1784

Aspect

Record copy of drawing 2 to a reduced scale

Scale

Entablature drawn to 1/3 of the full Size and (elevation) bar scale of 1½ inches to 1 foot approximately

Inscribed

as above, Will^mWindham Esq^r, labelled: Flutes, In one Piece of Marble, Plan, Line of Tablet, Line of Frieze, Projection of Cornice, B (four times), C (twice), The whole to be of white Marble, note (Soane) NB Plinths were added to make the open:^g3.0 by 3.3 / & M^rDevalls bill was £33:10:0 for the Chimney / piece only

Signed and dated

December 1784
Dec^r1784

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, shaded, pencil on laid paper (242 x 360)

Hand

Sanders, John (1768--1826) - Library - Catalogs, draughtsman
John Sanders (pupil 1784-90) with notes by Soane
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
John Sanders (pupil 1784-90) with notes by Soane

Watermark

fleur-de-lis

Literature

P.du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, pp.13-16,18-19 (reproduces Note Book sketches); D.Stroud, Sir John Soane, architect, 2nd edition, 1996, p.124, plates 64-5; P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.170; N.Pevsner and B.Wilson, Norfolk 2: north-west and south, 2nd ed., 1999, pp.315-16

Level

Drawing

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