[30] Presentation drawing of finishings to rooms on the first floor, 5 February 1793 with alterations made 22 July and 22 August 1793

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  - London: Buckingham House, 91 Pall Mall: (executed) house for 1st Marquess of Buckingham, 1790-1793, (executed) alterations to the library, 1794, and (executed) alterations on the ground and first floors, 1813 (52)
    - Finishings to rooms on the ground and first floors, 1793 (11)

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Reference number

SM 33/1/18

Purpose

[30] Presentation drawing of finishings to rooms on the first floor, 5 February 1793 with alterations made 22 July and 22 August 1793

Aspect

Plan and laid-out elevations of the anti-drawing room and part-section; (verso) (?)elevation of a panel

Scale

bar scale of 1/7 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(Upper case) The Marquiss of Buckingham, Plan and Section of Anti / Drawing Room, (pencil) Finishing to sides / (?)ang[ul]^arpannels, Wood & Marble & Compoⁿ/ Ornam^t

Signed and dated

Great Scotland Yard February 5^th 1793, pencil dated July 22, red pen dated Feb^y8 1793

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and coloured washes including sepia, burnt umber, grey and blue, red pen, within triple-ruled brown and black wash border on laid paper (450 x 295)

Hand

Frederick Meyer (1775-?, pupil April 1791-1796) and Soane

Watermark

J Buttanshaw

Notes

On 6 February, Frederick Meyer delivered to the Marquess 10 drawings of finishings to the rooms at Buckingham House. Soane wrote to Lord Buckingham the following day and visited him on the 8th, staying for three hours to discuss the rooms' finishings. Alterations and notes in red pen date from this meeting. Construction on the building was already underway as the finishings were chosen.

The anti-drawing room has two windows facing the street. The ceiling is coved, with a wavescroll ornament over the alcoves that flank the chimney. The note in red pen specifies a wood, marble and composition ornament, presumably for the panel included over the chimney-piece. A dado rail is added in red pen.

Literature

Country House Lighting: 1660-1890, Temple Newsam Country House Studies, No. 4, Leeds City Art Galleries, 1992, pp. 79-80; P. Inskip, 'Soane and the Grenvilles', Apollo Magazine, April 2004, p. 20.

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Drawing

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