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Reference number

SM volume 57/3

Purpose

[4] Record drawing of details for an unidentified room

Aspect

Sections of the shutters and door panels, details of the Door Entablature, Base & Impost Moldings

Scale

half-full size

Inscribed

as above, R. Milles Esq, 3, (feint pencil), Box.g Stile in Window, (pencil) Mold to / Pannel of / Shutters ½ the / full Size, ½ the full size, Plinth 4" / deep, (pencil) Mold to / Pannel of / door, ½ full size

Signed and dated

  • c.1786-7

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (405 x 262)

Hand

John McDonnell (pupil February 1786-91)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, GR

Literature

P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.176

Level

Drawing

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