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Reference number

SM volume 62/57

Purpose

[11] Record copies of plans for the first and second floors

Aspect

The Plan of the One pair floor and Plan of the Chamber Story

Scale

bar scale of 1/17 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, House and [De]sign for a Town House

Signed and dated

  • Smirke Octr 7th 1796
  • Smirke Aug 7th 1796 that is Robert Smirke (1780-1867), pupil May 1796 - January 1797
  • (feint pencil) Smirke Aug 7th 1796 that is, Robert Smirke (1780 - 1867), pupil May 1796 - January 1797
  • (feint pencil) Smirke Aug 7th 1796, that is, Robert Smirke (1780-1867), pupil May 1796 - January 1797
  • Smirke August 7th 1796

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown pen and feint pencil inscriptions, red, sepia and blue washes on thin laid paper (overall 233 x 306) sheets attached to each other by red sealing wax and with glue or paste at the corners to page 57 of volume 62

Hand

Robert Smirke (1780-1867), pupil May 1794 - January 1797

Notes

Copied from earlier drawings [4] and [6] Smirke signed his drawings, something pupils were not meant to do and an indication perhaps of why he and Soane did not get on well.

Level

Drawing

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

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