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[97] Working drawing for Pitzhanger Manor, 24 December 1800
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Reference number
SM 31/3/9
Purpose
[97] Working drawing for Pitzhanger Manor, 24 December 1800
Aspect
Plan of the Ground Floor and wall plan for part of the Dance wing
Scale
bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot (100) bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled Drawing Room, Library, Breakfast Room, area (twice), Vestibule, dressing Room (twice), washing, door, Lobby, Iron Safe, Eating Room, x The openings marked thus not to be altered as Payne / has got the dimensions for the Centering, aax the Bookcases in this Room to be only pedestal high, A.A. Semicircular lights over each of these apertures and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 24 December 1800
(97) Decr: 24th: 1800
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown pen, sepia, yellow and pale red washes, partly pricked for transfer, on wove paper (525 x 680)
Hand
Possibly Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) or Thomas Sword (pupil 1799-1804) (Day Book 13 January 1801)
Possibly Thomas Sword, draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) or Thomas Sword (pupil 1799-1804) (Day Book 13 January 1801)
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) or Thomas Sword (pupil 1799-1804) (Day Book 13 January 1801)
Possibly Thomas Sword, draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) or Thomas Sword (pupil 1799-1804) (Day Book 13 January 1801)
Literature
P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.93
Level
Drawing
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