[17] Presentation drawing of the drawing room, looking north, 8 December 1791

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  - Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire: alterations to house and estate buildings for Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, 1790-1794; presentation drawing 1800; surveys 1818 (70)
    - Alterations to the house, 1790-1794, 1800 (28)
      - Presentation drawings of the drawing room, 8-12 December 1791 (3)

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Reference number

SM volume 68/10

Purpose

[17] Presentation drawing of the drawing room, looking north, 8 December 1791

Aspect

Perspective looking north

Inscribed

Drawing Room at Wimple, The Earl of Hardwicke

Signed and dated

8 December 1791
Tho^s Chawner Dec^r8^th1791

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and grey and blue washes, within single-ruled border on laid paper (457 x 285)

Hand

Thomas Chawner (1774 - 1851), draughtsman
Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794)

Watermark

J Whatman

Literature

C. Woodward, 'Dancing Soane: the Yellow Drawing Room at Wimpole Hall', Apollo, April 1999, pp. 9-10.

Level

Drawing

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