[36] Presentation drawing of final design, for publication, showing an alternative staircase, 13 August 1799

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - Holwood House, Kent: (executed) two wings and (unexecuted) alterations and additions for the Right Hon. William Pitt, 1786, 1796-1799 (53)
    - Presentation drawings of final design, for publication, showing an alternative staircase, 13-14 August 1799 (2)

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Reference number

SM 2/9/26

Purpose

[36] Presentation drawing of final design, for publication, showing an alternative staircase, 13 August 1799

Aspect

Ground floor plan

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot, approximately

Inscribed

(Soane) Hollwood; a seat of the Right Hon^ble William Pitt / with the propsed additions and alterations, shewn to Mr Pitt Aug 14 99 & app^d, servants hall, arcade, butlers room, passage, working room, the stewards room, passage from the offices, common staircase, housekeepers room, the passage to the kitchen &c, scullery, arcade, laundry, the kitchen, pantry, court, M^rPitt's dressing / room, water closet, library, principal staircase, lobby, withdrawing room, the eating room 15 feet 6 high, clos^t, lobby, the breakfast room, the vestibule, water clos^t, west, east, south and dimensions given

Signed and dated

13 August 1799
L.I. Fields Aug^st13 1799 and, as above, approved 14 August

Medium and dimensions

Pen and black and blue washes, pencil pricked for transfer within five-ruled pen and grey and black washes border on laid paper (735 x 525)

Hand

SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane, Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) and Thomas Sword (pupil 1799-1804)
Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Soane, Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) and Thomas Sword (pupil 1799-1804)
Thomas Sword, draughtsman
Soane, Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808) and Thomas Sword (pupil 1799-1804)

Watermark

J Whatman 1794 and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche with W below

Level

Drawing

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