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[206] Preliminary working drawing and design for the interior, 3 and 5 February 1801
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Reference number
SM 31/4/28
Purpose
[206] Preliminary working drawing and design for the interior, 3 and 5 February 1801
Aspect
Plan of Library and Breakfast Room and elevation/section of north wall through both rooms with revisions and rough detail by Soane (verso) details of a bookcase
Scale
bar scale of 9/16 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
labelled door, finishings, door into Room, door of B, Q[uer]y of any/ door (five times) / opposite, Portfolio, mahog[an]y door, This recess to / correspond with the window, The Portfolio, finish, Drawer (twice), Marble Top (four times), Knuckle of Hinge, door of Book, depth of Recess for door into stair, Drawer under Book (three times), Mahog[an]y. door/ 4.1½ / Lay flush next draw[e]r. Room / onto fold ban, finishings, Bookcase, Hinge, maps and some dimensions given (verso) Line of marble, door (twice), Stile of Bookcase door, 2 Inch, The Groove (twice) and Take this
Signed and dated
- 3 February 1801 - 5 February 1801
LIF Feby 3 1801 (verso) Feb. 5. 1801
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pale red, Naples yellow, terre verte, cerulean blue and sepia washes, partly pricked for transfer, on wove paper (580 x 699)
Hand
Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) (Day Book 3 February 1801)
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) (Day Book 3 February 1801)
Watermark
WL 1794
Level
Drawing
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