[13] Record copy of plans and laid-out wall elevations, November 1785 (3)

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Reference number

SM volume 41/61 recto

Purpose

[13] Record copy of plans and laid-out wall elevations, November 1785 (3)

Aspect

Section of the Library at Malvern Hall

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Plan of the Library, Walls colored light Green / Recesses in Cove .... light Pink

Signed and dated

datable to Novr 1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia wash, pencil, trace lines on laid paper (224 x 360), bound into 'Precedents in Architecture' SM volume 41

Hand

John Sanders (pupil 1784-90)

Notes

The trace lines or setting out lines have not been erased. Soane's Account Book 1781-86 (entry for (?) 30th October 1784 has 'Sanders a Journey making / Sections &c Exp. 3.16.0' and (12 November 1785) '3 Fair Sections of Eat. Room / Draw^g ro[om] / Library'.

The library, measuring 16 feet 6 inches by 15 feet 6 inches, was re-modelled from a room facing the garden in the old, central part of the house. It is shown as having shelving for books on all sides in an arrangement of slender columns below arched 'Recesses in Coves' that were to be painted light pink while the rest was light green.

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Drawing

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