Presentation drawings for alterations to the library, 5 March 1794 (4)

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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)

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SM (32) 33/1/8 (33) 33/1/5 (34) 33/1/6 (35) 33/1/7

Purpose

Presentation drawings for alterations to the library, 5 March 1794 (4)

Aspect

32 Plan 33 West elevation 34 South elevation 35 Alternative west elevation

Scale

(32-35) bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

32 Marquiss of Buckingham, plan labelled (upper case): Library, water closet, Lobby, and dimensions given 33 Marquiss of Buckingham, plan lettered A (twice) corresponding to A.A. Glass is needful 34 Marquiss of Buckingham, plan lettered A (twice) corresponding to A.A. Glass is needful 35 Marquiss of Buckingham, N^o2 This soonest done & perhaps most in character / with the other parts of the Room

Signed and dated

(32) Lincolns Inn Fields / March 5^th1794 (33) Lindons Inn Fields / March 5 1794 (34) Lincolns Inn Fields / March 5 1794 (35) Lincolns Inn Fields / March 5^th 1794

Medium and dimensions

(32) Pencil, pen and wash within quadruple-ruled and wash border on laid paper with three fold marks (282 x 220) (33-34) pencil, pen and burnt umber, sepia and grey washes, within quadruple-ruled and wash border on laid paper (285 x 224, 283 x 225) (35) pencil, pen and wash, within quadruple-ruled and wash border on laid paper (285 x 224)

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Watermark

(32, 34) fleur-de-lis (sheet trimmed) (33) cartouche with ornate W below (sheet trimmed)

Notes

Drawings 32 to 35 are for alterations to the library, with round-headed mirrored panels over the doors and bookcases. The north and west sides of the room have alcoves lined with bookcases. Soane has provided two alternative designs for the west alcove, showing it framed by either Ionic columns or a round-headed arch. A note on drawing 35 reports that the latter design may be finished more quickly and is also 'perhaps most in character with the other parts of the room'. Despite Soane's suggestion, the client chose the design with columns, drawing 33 (see drawing 43).

The south-east corner of the ground floor has been partitioned and rearranged. The original library occupied all four bays of this corner, as shown on drawing 14. In the proposed plan (drawing 32), a secondary staircase is added and a small anti-room is included to the west. The water closet is rearranged to make room for a lobby with a direct communication from the stairwell to this new library.

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