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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)

Watermark

I Taylor and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and GR 1794 below

Level

Drawing

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

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