Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, England: Plans, elevations and sections for a cottage

People:

Unknown, Great Britain, 18th century (draughtsman)
Sir John Soane (architect)
Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke (patron)

Title:

Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, England: Plans, elevations and sections for a cottage

Date:

1 September 1794

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink, black wash on laid paper; inscriptions recto: brown ink and graphite; inscription verso: stamp in red ink and graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 40,2 x 32,5 cm

Reference number:

DR1983:0857

Drawing Type:

line drawing
finished drawing

Method of Projection:

plans (drawings)
sections (orthographic drawings)
elevations (drawings)

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman ?, in pen and black ink, l.l.: "Cottage at Wimpole / Built with clay; l.r. "Sep. 1St. 1974"; throughout: dimensions; inscribed - in a later hand, in graphite, l.r.: "Sir John Soane (partially underlined)"; stamped and inscribed, in red ink and graphite, v., l.r.: "Rich Coll / [stamp] / XXV"

Location:

Cambridgeshire; England; United Kingdom;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

cottage

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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