[5] Record copy of working drawing, Cellar floor plan, c. 1791

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Reference number

SM volume 64/99

Purpose

[5] Record copy of working drawing, Cellar floor plan, c. 1791

Aspect

Plan of the Cellar Floor for the Digger

Scale

bar scales of 1/7 inch to one foot

Inscribed

as above, Godfrey Thornton Esq^re, (pencil) Additions to Moggerhanger House 1791-1797 (George Bailey 1792-1860, pupil and assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60) The Part Tinted with Indian Ink / is old and to remain exactly in / its present state excepting as to / the Comminications which will / hereafter be directed // A a door for the admission of / Casks and pipes of wine, The outside of this Wall is govern'd / by the Door above, This Window to be under / the Window above, Earth (twice), Cellar, A (twice) and dimensions given

Signed and dated

c. 1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia ('Indian Ink') and pink washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper (454 x 288)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office

Watermark

J Whatman

Level

Drawing

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