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[18] Presentation drawing for the ground floor, 10 October 1798
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Reference number
SM 2/9/17
Purpose
[18] Presentation drawing for the ground floor, 10 October 1798
Aspect
The Plan of the Ground Floor and rough elevation of a portico
Scale
bar scale of 3/20 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(upper case) as above, A design for the alterations and additions at Hollwood a seat of the Right Honble William Pitt, shewn to Mr Pitt and approved of by him, stables, kitchen, housekeeper's room, steward's room, servants' hall, arcade, arcade, waiting room, eating room, butler for plate / and glass in / common use, lobby, court, library, corridor, water closet, lobby, best / staircase, the hall, the drawing room, anti room / or / common eating room, study, (pencil) store clo[set], a eq[ua]l[s] b, a eq[ua]l[s] b, serv'[ant's] / dress[ing room], Por[ch], waitg room, kitchen, scu[llery], lar[der], calculations and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 10 October 1798
approved Octr 10 1798
Medium and dimensions
Pen and black, grey, blue and red washes, pencil, pricked for transfer within quadruple-ruled and grey and black washes border on laid paper (700 x 505)
Hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane and Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808)
Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Soane and Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808)
Soane and Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808)
Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Soane and Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808)
Watermark
I Taylor and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and GR 1794 below
Level
Drawing
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