[30] Presentation drawing of variant design for the entrance front, 20 September 1793

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Tyringham House, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire: entrance screen, bridge, house, offices, greenhouses and stables for William Mackworth Praed, 1792-1801, record drawings 1808 (169)
    - Presentation drawings of three variant designs for the entrance front, 20 September 1793 (3)

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Reference number

SM 3/5/13

Purpose

[30] Presentation drawing of variant design for the entrance front, 20 September 1793

Aspect

Elevation of the entrance Front / Design N^o 1; (verso) detail of cornice and rough part-detail of cornice

Scale

to a scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot; (verso) full size

Inscribed

(upper case) as above, William Praed Esq^r, (Soane) This Entablature Sep^r17 1794 / Cornice entirely of Portland Stone, Inches and running dimensions given; (verso) calculations given

Signed and dated

20 September 1793
Copy Great Scotland Yard Sep^r20^th1793 and details dated, as above, Sep^r17 1794

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and coloured washes, including burnt umber, Payne's grey and green, within quadruple-ruled black and grey wash border on laid paper (470 x 287)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and GR below

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Building a Dialogue: The Architect and the Client, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 17 February - 9 May 2015

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