[23] Design for finishings to the drawing room walls, as executed, May 1792

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - 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)
      - Design for finishings to the drawing room walls, as executed, May 1792

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Reference number

SM 6/1/5

Purpose

[23] Design for finishings to the drawing room walls, as executed, May 1792

Aspect

Plan and elevation

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

The Withdrawing Room at Wimpole, The Earl of Hardwicke

Signed and dated

May 1792
Great Scotland Yard / May 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and coloured washes including grey, yellow ochre, blue and Prussian blue, on laid paper with five fold marks (337 x 375)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office

Watermark

Literature

D. Adshead, Wimpole: architectural drawings and topographical views, National Trust, 2007, pp. 76-77.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

A Life's Great Work; Sir John Soane and the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, commissioned work at Wimpole Hall, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, 10 February - 31 October 2018

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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