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  • image SM 30/3/18

Reference number

SM 30/3/18

Purpose

[54] Survey drawing, 20 October 1800

Aspect

(Soane) The Elevation of the West Front in its present state and The Elevation of the East Front in its present State

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled (Soane) stone (seven times), brick (twice), brick cornice, floor, (pencil) from floor about 30.2 to under side of Cornice / of Eating Room and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 20 October 1800
    (Soane) Mr. Soane / Ealing /, Lin Inn Fields Oct 20th 1800

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, partly pricked for transfer, on wove paper (524 x 680)

Hand

Possibly Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) or Thomas Sword (pupil 1789-1804) (Day Book 20 October 1800, Day Book 24 January 1801)
Possibly Thomas Sword, draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) or Thomas Sword (pupil 1789-1804) (Day Book 20 October 1800, Day Book 24 January 1801)

Literature

J. Lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) and of George Dance the Elder (1695-1768) from the collection of Sir John Soane’s Museum, 2003, catalogue 68, pp.214-6

Level

Drawing

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