[35] Pupil's copy of design for plan in a Classical style 'A No. 1'

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Reference number

SM volume 62/44

Purpose

[35] Pupil's copy of design for plan in a Classical style 'A No. 1'

Aspect

Ground floor plan

Scale

bar scale of 1/15 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Rooms labelled: Hall, Eating Room, Library, Drawing Room, The Best Stair, Common / Stair, Dressing Room, Powd^g, Servants Hall, HKeeper, Kitchen, Scullery, (right-hand side) Greenhouse, Laundy (sic), Washouse, Closet (twice) and dimensions given

Signed and dated

22/10/1796
Smirke Oct^r 22^nd1796

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia washes on thin laid paper (235 x 365) tipped into volume 62, page 44

Hand

Robert Smirke (1780-1867, pupil (May 1796-January 1797)

Notes

Copy of drawing [2] which is a plan of design 'A No.2' but with the front and portico of design 'A. No. 1'. Signed and dated in a neat pencil hand by Smirke, the room labels seem rather uncouth and may have been added by another hand.

Level

Drawing

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