[21] Presentation drawing for the entrance screen, as executed, c. February 1794

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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)
    - Estate buildings, 1792-1794 (42)
      - Presentation drawing and working drawing for the entrance screen, as executed, c. February 1794 (2)

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Reference number

SM volume 68/13

Purpose

[21] Presentation drawing for the entrance screen, as executed, c. February 1794

Aspect

Plan and elevation

Scale

to a scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot, approximately

Inscribed

(upper case) The Earl of Hardwicke and dimensions given, (feint pencil) Jeans to copy (?)same of the Hall of ---- (illegible) / (Gone to get Lord Fordyce's Bills)

Signed and dated

c. February 1794
datable to February 1794 (see notes in group-folder)

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and coloured washes, including green, blue and sepia, within quadruple-ruled and wash border on laid paper (456 x 287)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office

Watermark

fleur-de-lis over cartouche

Literature

P. du Prey, Sir John Soane, 1985, in series of 'Catalogues of architectural drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum', 1975, cat.140-1; D. Adshead, Wimpole: architectural drawings and topographical views, 2007, p. 97.

Level

Drawing

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