[103] Design and presentation drawing for the exterior, 20 January 1801

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing, London: (executed) a house for John Soane and six unexecuted schemes for a villa at Acton, 1800-1832 (285)
    - More fully realised designs for Pitzhanger Manor, December 1800 - October 1801 (50)
      - Design and presentation drawings for the exterior, January 20 and 14 1801

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Reference number

SM 31/2/59

Purpose

[103] Design and presentation drawing for the exterior, 20 January 1801

Aspect

Elevation of the Lawn Front

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled Present Level of Ground at Entrance Door, A Urn This must be placed here, (pencil) Earth, Stone, March 25^th/1801 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

20 January 1801
Lincolns Inn field Jan^ry. 20. 1801

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown pen, pencil and sepia wash on wove paper (526 x 677)

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 14 January 1801), Soane
Possibly Thomas Sword, draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) or Thomas Sword (pupil 1799-1804) (Day Book 14 January 1801), Soane
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) or Thomas Sword (pupil 1799-1804) (Day Book 14 January 1801), Soane

Watermark

illegible on laid paper repair work

Literature

Helen Dorey, 'Sir John Soane's Pitzhanger' in Trackers, exhibition catalogue, PM Gallery and House, 2004, p.21 P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, pp.93

Level

Drawing

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