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  • image SM 28/4/5

Reference number

SM 28/4/5

Purpose

[5] Design with part-specification, July 1785

Aspect

Section from West to East and Part of the Section from North to / South

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled Entrance and This door to be in / the middle between / A and B, Staircase, The Withdrawing Room, The second Chamber with Lobby, The best Chamber with Lobby and Light Closet, The Attic room coved / to the Roof, Garret (Soane) In the execution the / Cieling must be / lathed to the Rafters & Collar and In the execution this ceiling must be flat and Ground Line, Level of the Ground as it now is and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • datable to July 1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pale tones of green, blue-green and yellow for walls, light pink for section, blue and grey for window glass, grey shading, within single ruled (wide) border on laid paper (roughly 590 x 470) with traces of red sealing wax on four corners of verso

Hand

Robert Baldwin (fl.1762-1804)/Soane

Watermark

J Whatman, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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