[23] Presentation drawing of an alternative preliminary design for the house, c. June 1793

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    - Presentation drawings of three alternative preliminary designs for the house, one dated 29 June 1793 (4)

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SM 8/3/36 verso

Purpose

[23] Presentation drawing of an alternative preliminary design for the house, c. June 1793

Aspect

Ground floor plan and unfinished front elevation; (verso) greenhouse design for Wimpole

Scale

to a scale of 1/11 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

13, Clo[set?], 14, 14 and calculations in pencil

Signed and dated

c. June 1793

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash, pencil, on wove paper with one fold mark (333 x 539)

Hand

Soane office

Literature

P. du Prey, Sir John Soane, 1985, in series of 'Catalogues of architectural drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum', catalogue 126, plate 27, pp. 59-60.

Level

Drawing

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