[35] Working drawing for second floor front room

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  - London: 12 Stratton Streeet, new house for Colonel Thomas Graham, later 1st Lord Lynedoch, 1797-8 (39)
    - Working drawings for fitting out of rooms, May-August 1798

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Reference number

39/3/36

Purpose

[35] Working drawing for second floor front room

Aspect

Plan and laid out wall elevations and rough details

Scale

bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Colonel Graham, N^o.2, Two pair front room, door, Jib door, Lead to make the knuckle of hinge and (pencil) Second best ? Newgate Glass for / the two p^r Sashes

Signed and dated

02/06/1798
Lincolns Inn Fields June 2^nd 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen, light red and sepia washes, shaded, added pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper with three fold marks (552 x 657)

Hand

The office Day Book for 2 June 1798 has 'About Drawings of Window Frames &c' by Seward, that is, Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848), pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808

Notes

The door to the bedroom is off-centre and is supplemented by a concealed jib door on the right-hand side. The library and drawing room also have jib doors.

Level

Drawing

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