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  • image SM volume 59/32

Reference number

SM volume 59/32

Purpose

[21] Slightly variant design for first floor plan 'L' in a Castle style

Aspect

First floor plan

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

David Scott Esqr, The Plan of the One Pair Floor, rooms labelled: Principal / Staircase, Second / Staircase, Dressing Room and / Occasional Chamber, Chamber (four times), Dressing Room (three times), Closet (seven times), Water / Closet and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 16/7/[1795]
    Lincolns Inn Fields July 16th

Medium and dimensions

Pen, black, sepia and pale blue washes on laid paper (308 x 520) tipped into volume 59, page 32

Hand

The office Day Book has an entry for 16 July 1795 : 'David Scott Esqr /About fair drawings Meyer / Jeans / Seward / Good'. These were four of the five pupils then serving their articles with Soane. See general notes for full names and dates.

Watermark

J Larking fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, GR

Notes

The same design as drawing [20] except that the three circular turrets have one rather than three windows.

Level

Drawing

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

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk