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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 42/72A
Purpose
Working drawing
Aspect
Elevation
Scale
bar scale of 1½ ins to 1 ft (1/8 full size)
Inscribed
Lord Craven, W and E, 2 feet and 4:3
Signed and dated
- datable to 1774-5
Medium and dimensions
Pen on tracing paper (272 x 151)
Hand
traced by Soane, Henry Holland office
Notes
'Lord Craven' refers to 6th Lord Craven of Benham Place, Berkshire. The house was built by Henry Holland in collaboration with Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, 1774-5 (H.Colvin, Biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600-1840, 3rd ed., 1995). The elegant weather vane has a waisted baluster-like stem, an elegant arrow-shaped vane and compass letters.A mis-numbering of drawings in this volume by an earlier curator has resulted in two drawings being numbered 42/72.
Literature
D.Stroud, Henry Holland, 1966, pp.36-9
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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