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[21] Working drawing for entrance hall
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Reference number
SM 39/3/22
Purpose
[21] Working drawing for entrance hall
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations with detail of moulding
Scale
bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Col. Graham Stratton Street, labelled Hall, Closet, Arch, Double bead (twice, once in pencil) and dimensions given, and (feint pencil) Qy Cornice to the Entrance Hall, 3 -- the / Recess. 3 -- this side to / correspond with the recess / 2 --s in the Centre & double mrgins each side of ditto / Chimney piece to be made in dimensions of 2 --
Signed and dated
- 30/06/1798
Lincolns Inn Fields June 30 1798
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, shaded, pricked for transfer on wove paper with two fold marks (534 x 618)
Hand
The office Day Book for 30 June 1798 has Hake working on drawings for Colonel Graham, that is, Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848), pupil and assistant May 1795 - September 1808
Notes
Drawing [5] shows the hall with an apsidal end but here it is a rectangle. The front door has a fanlight, the walls are panelled to a height of about five feet under semicrcular arches, recessed on one side and partly recessed and with a closet on the other.
The well used drawing has (partly illegible) notes added in pencil that were lkely to have been made on site.
The well used drawing has (partly illegible) notes added in pencil that were lkely to have been made on site.
Level
Drawing
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