[1] Design and presentation drawing, March 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 volume 41/30 recto

Purpose

[1] Design and presentation drawing, March 1783

Aspect

Elevation of the South Front of the Dairy / at Hammels and Plan of the Dairy

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 in to 1 ft (approximately)

Inscribed

as above and dimensions given

Signed and dated

March 1783
March 1783

Medium and dimensions

Pen, grey and sepia washes, shaded, some watercolour technique, on laid paper bound into 'Precedents in Architecture' volume 41 (364 x 244)

Hand

BALDWIN, Robert (fl. 1762--1787), draughtsman
Robert Baldwin (fl. 1762-c.1804)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis

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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