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[4] Variant scheme B, 18 December 1785
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Reference number
SM 28/5/2
Purpose
[4] Variant scheme B, 18 December 1785
Aspect
The Principal Floor of Piercefield the Seat of George Smith Esqre, B
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to one foot
Inscribed
as above, NB The intended Alterations are coloured Red; additional rooms labelled (Soane): The Gentleman's / dress:g Room, Arched / Room for / Papers &c, Library, Portico, Vestibule, Eating Room, Breakfast Room & Anti-room, Withdrawing Room, Recess for Sopha; existing rooms labelled: Breakfast Room & Anti-room, Water Closet, Lobby, Servants Hall, Passage from the Kitchen to the Back Staircase and Passage to the Best Staircase, Cyder Ale / and / Strong Beer, Servants Hall, Butler's Pantry, Lobby, Plate Closet, Housekeepers Room (twice), Wine Cellar, The Small Best Cellar, The Passage between Kitchen & House, and Kitchen with Wet Larder and Dry Larder and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 18 December 1785
J Soane Archt Margaret Street, Decr 18: 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, partly pricked for transfer within double-ruled and black wash border on laid paper with one fold mark (443 x 558)
Hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane
Soane
Watermark
J Whatman, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
From Son of Slave to Sheriff of Monmouthshire: Nathaniel Wells of Piercefield and St Kitts (1779-1852), Chepstow Museum, 7 May 2003 - January 2004
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk