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  • image SM 8/3/28

Reference number

SM 8/3/28

Purpose

[34] Working drawing for a greenhouse, October 1789

Aspect

Plan of Greenhouse, Section of Greenhouse and Elevation of the Front to the Lawn

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to one foor

Inscribed

as above, Sir Joshua Rowley Bar:t, Tendring Hall, This height to correspond / with the other Wing, This height to correspond with / the other Wing and likewise / the Cornice, N0 7 Sashes in the present Greenhouse / to be used, House and some dimensions given and verso Tendring Hall

Signed and dated

  • Copy Oct. 21st 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, light red and yellow washes on laid paper with recently repaired top left-hand corner (502 x 635)

Hand

John Sanders (pupil, 1 September 1784-90)

Notes

Sanders's drawing for a greenhouse datable to 1789 locates it as linked to the house and facing the garden, that is, linked on the east side and facing south. Which was an intended site for the stable court (SM 28/2/14). An entry for 28 September 1789 SM 'Journal No 1' has 'Sent two designs for Greenhouses / on Foolscap' initialled in red 'JS'.

Level

Drawing

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