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[116] Design for a hothouse, 23 August 1792
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Reference number
SM 8/3/42
Purpose
[116] Design for a hothouse, 23 August 1792
Aspect
Plan of the fruit sheds; Longitudinal Section / of the [hothouse]; Elevation of the front of the fruit sheds; Section of the front / wall & flue; section of rafter; and latitudinal section
Scale
Scale 2 inches to a foot
Inscribed
as above, The Marquiss of Abercorn / Bentley Priory, 9 inches, brick on edge, tile, brick on edge, flue, 3 / inches, level of peachery, stone coping, ash / hole, level of stove room, The Peachery, Stove Room, Step, blank (three times), arch, dimensions given (pencil, twice) door
Signed and dated
- 23 August 1792
Great Scotland Yard / Augst 23rd 1792
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and grey and pink washes on wove paper (674 x 540)
Hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
attributed to Thomas Chawner (pupil 1788-94) and Soane
Thomas Chawner (1774 - 1851), draughtsman
Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794) and Soane
attributed to Thomas Chawner (pupil 1788-94) and Soane
Thomas Chawner (1774 - 1851), draughtsman
Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794) and Soane
Literature
J.C. Loudon, Encyclopedia of gardening, 1822, pp. 576-581.
Level
Drawing
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