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[190] Preliminary design and working drawing for the Breakfast Room, 14 February 1801
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Reference number
SM 31/2/50
Purpose
[190] Preliminary design and working drawing for the Breakfast Room, 14 February 1801
Aspect
Interior perspective with bookshelves (verso) elevation and wall plan
Scale
(verso) to a scale
Inscribed
labelled Copy 3:9 high & / Pedestals of / Bookcases to / range with the / top of Ch[imne]y Cornice and 3.9 (verso) Breakfast Room, 172 Finishings, 2.7½ dimensions to the Brickwork, Door of Bookcase, Door into Room, finishings, Vestibule, (cut)...case etc in Breakfast Room, (pencil) Library and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 14 February 1801
Feb: 14: 1801
Medium and dimensions
Pen, yellow ochre, sepia, pale red, cerulean blue, Naples yellow and terre verte washes, watercolour technique within a four-ruled grey border (verso) pen, pale yellow and sepia washes on wove paper (437 x 622)
Hand
Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843), draughtsman
Day Book 14 February 1801.
Day Book 14 February 1801.
Literature
B. De Divitiis, 'New Drawings for the interiors of the Breakfast Room and Library at Pitzhanger Manor', Architectural History Vol 48, 2005, p.164
Level
Drawing
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