[79] Working drawing for the timber framework of the Gallery roof

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  - London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Southwark for the Governors of Dulwich College, 1811-1813 (108)
    - Working and record drawings, June to July 1812 (8)

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Reference number

SM volume 81/26

Purpose

[79] Working drawing for the timber framework of the Gallery roof

Aspect

Section of the framework for the Gallery roof

Inscribed

(pencil) 20 Blocks, 4 Pieces, this room same as the others, Middle Room, Centre, calculations and dimensions given

Signed and dated

datable to June 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper with one fold mark (271 x 429)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

G Jones 1809

Notes

This rough working drawing (kept in the front pocket of Soane's record book, volume 81) is for the drawing made to scale and pasted into the record book; Dulwich College / Sketches of the Picture Gallery / the Mausoleum and Sisters' Apartments / made by the Pupils of Sir John Soane / during the progress of the Works, 1812. The drawing shows the roof carpentry of the vaulted structure, supporting the skylights, as executed. The drawing is not recorded in Nevola's catalogue.

Level

Drawing

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