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[3] Record drawing of details for the book room, dated 9 September 1786
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Reference number
SM volume 57/2
Purpose
[3] Record drawing of details for the book room, dated 9 September 1786
Aspect
Details of the book room shelves, doors and windows
Scale
½ Size
Inscribed
Richard Milles Esq, 2, Cornice and Pilaster for Bookcase, Line of Cornice, Ground Line, Architrave to Doors and Windows / of Ante Room ½ Size, One of the Upright Bookcases M ½ Size, Section of Book Shelves ½ Size, Molding for Pannel K
Signed and dated
- September 9. 1786
Medium and dimensions
pen, grey and sepia washes, shaded, pencil additions on laid paper (415 x 282)
Hand
John McDonnell (pupil February 1786-91)
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
Three of the five designs on this drawing are for bookshelves or bookcases presumably intended for the 'Book Room.' The cost of the alterations to the book room or library was £38 0s 11¼d (SM Bill Book 1, pp. 1-5) although it is not known whether this involved refurbishing an existing library or adapting a room which had previously had a different purpose.
Literature
P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.176
Level
Drawing
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