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Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Hanover Square, London: plan for ground floor of garden building with square bath-room

Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (All rights reserved)

Details

Country House
West Wycombe
Title(s)
Hanover Square, London: plan for ground floor of garden building with square bath-room
Date
c.1749–52
Location
Unframed, drawings chest outside Library, location 240 on Dashwood list, AP 130, Witt 941/7 (66)
Medium and support
Ink and wash on paper
Dimensions
Overall height: 38 cm, Overall width: 60.5 cm
Artist
Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (1695-1766)
Catalogue Number
WW58
Inscription
  • Scale in pieds and toises

Description

The extant structures – stables, steps from house, circular basin and boundary walls are identical with WW57; here, however, the tree planting is noted. The drawing is a more formally developed design with a spiral staircase and a square room with flanking bench from which opens the smaller oval bathroom.

by Clare Hornsby

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