Hanover Square, London: plan for ground floor of garden building with square bath-room
Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, c.1749–52
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Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Hanover Square, London: plan for ground floor of garden building with square bath-room
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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
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- 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.