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Reference number

SMA j/11/1

Purpose

[2] Design for south-east part of the basement and part of the offices, by Thomas Ward, 11 October 1824

Aspect

Plan showing part of the Basement on the verso of a progress letter

Scale

bar scale of 3/16 inch to one foot approximately

Inscribed

as above, and (as a continuation of the progress letter on verso): Centre of the House, I have got the Groine up in small Drawing Room / and the cove in Large Drawing Room which the / plasterers have pricked up. I am this Day putting / up the Door in Mezzanine passage which makes / me rather busy as I do those jobs by Country hands // I remain yours most / obligingly Thos Ward, and dimensions given (see Notes for verso)

Signed and dated

  • 11 October 1824
    Pelwall House / October 11th 1824

Medium and dimensions

Red and black pen with grey wash on laid paper (320 x 400)

Hand

Clerk of Works Thomas Ward, draughtsman
Thomas Ward

Watermark

W Holy Oake, standing Britannia with spear, shield and olive branch and 1816 within crowned oval

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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