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Reference number

SM 39/3/29

Purpose

[31] Working drawing for drawing room windows

Aspect

Plan and elevation of windows with full size detail of mouldings

Scale

ADD

Inscribed

Col Graham, Drawing of Sashes &c in the Drawing Room

Signed and dated

  • 17/07/1798
    Lincolns Inn Fields July 17 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, light red and sepia washes, shaded, pricked for transfer on wove paper with three folds (550 x 677)

Hand

The office Day Book for 17 July 1798 has Seward 'about making drawings' for Colonel Graham, that is, Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848), pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808

Notes

Tall French casement windows with eight panes, The plan shows that the right-hand window is actually a door. It gives on to a lobby and the back stair.

Level

Drawing

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

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