[4] Design and presentation drawing, 1783

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - Hamels Park, Hertfordshire: (executed) dairy in a primitive, rustic style for Mrs Yorke, 1783 (7)
    - Designs and presentation drawings, 1783 (7)

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Reference number

SM 59/10/4

Purpose

[4] Design and presentation drawing, 1783

Aspect

Front elevation set among trees with a roundel in the tympanum

Inscribed

THE DAIRY AT HAMMELS HERTS (sans serif capitals)

Signed and dated

1783

Medium and dimensions

Uncertain, a heavy coat of varnish has been applied at some time and thus the drawing is in a very poor condition (455 x 670 approximately)

Hand

Literature

D.Stroud, Sir John Soane, architect, 2nd ed. 1996, pp.63, 119: P.du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, pp.231, 249, 251-2, 257, 264; P.Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.165; P.Dean, 'Early practice; country houses and the primitive', catalogue 38-9 in M.Richardson and M.Stevens, John Soane architect: master of Space and light, 1999.

Level

Drawing

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