John Dibblee Crace

Plans and Details for the Interior Decoration of Sherwood Lodge for Sir Charles Seely, Bt.

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John Dibblee Crace
Plans and Details for the Interior Decoration of Sherwood Lodge for Sir Charles Seely, Bt.
one signed with initials 'JDC', one with stamp 'John G Crace & Son/Wigmore Street, W1', the majority inscribed with designer's notes and two dated '1894' and '1897'; pencil and watercolour, some on tracing paper, unframed
22¼ x 31in. (56.5 x 79cm.); and miscellaneous unframed designs including a chimney-piece for the entrance hall at Bakeham for Sir William Field, a ceiling design for the Royal Exchange and floor plans, a site plan and a drawing of details for alterations to Gosfield Place, Essex
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Sir Charles Seely was a wealthy Lincoln corn merchant who became the Member of Parliament for that city. He was also a patron of Myles Birket Foster from whom he commissioned 50 watercolours of Venetian subjects.

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