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[7] Finished drawing of the attic (second) storey of the Privy Court (state apartments)
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Reference number
SM 36/3/4
Purpose
[7] Finished drawing of the attic (second) storey of the Privy Court (state apartments)
Aspect
Plan, at second-floor level
Scale
Just over 20 feet to 1 inch
Inscribed
In brown ink at top of sheet, Attic storey of Hampton Court Palace -- .
Signed and dated
- Undated, but datable c.1724
Medium and dimensions
Pen and grey ink with grey wash over graphite under-drawing Thick laid paper 630 X 450
Hand
Unidentified draughtsman working under Thomas Fort
Watermark
D & C BLAU / IV
Notes
This drawing belongs with the unfinished preparatory drawing of the first-floor of the palace as a whole (36/3/3). It is a companion to the neat presentation drawing of the first-floor of the state apartments at the National Archives (PRO Work 4/2; Thurley, fig. 258). It is the earliest known plan of the completed state apartments at this level.
Literature
Thurley, Hampton Court, p. 266
Level
Drawing
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