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[6] Copy of design for hothouses and gardeners' cottage, 25 August 1795
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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 8/3/13 recto and verso
Purpose
[6] Copy of design for hothouses and gardeners' cottage, 25 August 1795
Aspect
Elevation & Sections of the Hothouses and Gardeners House at Hammells Herts and (verso) Plan of the Hothouses at Hammells Herts and plan of upper floor of gardeners' house
Scale
(recto) bar scale of 1/10 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above and (verso) some dimensions given varying slightly from those of drawing 4
Signed and dated
- 25 August 1795
Copy Lincolns Inn Fields Augst 25th 1795
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen, sepia, warm brown, blue, yellow and green washes, (verso) pen, sepia and light red washes, pencil on laid paper with four fold marks (300 x 489), red sealing wax on bottom right-hand corner of recto, top left-hand corner with recent repair
Hand
Henry Joseph Good (1775 - 1857), draughtsman
An entry in the relevant SM Day Book has 'Goode' (sic) that is Joseph Henry Good (pupil 11 July 1795-1800)
An entry in the relevant SM Day Book has 'Goode' (sic) that is Joseph Henry Good (pupil 11 July 1795-1800)
Watermark
J Larking
Literature
D.Stroud, Sir John Soane, architect, 2nd ed. 1996, p.119: P.Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.165
Level
Drawing
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