[18] Interior perspective of both chambers by J.M.Gandy (1807)

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  - London: Charlotte (now Hallam) Street: mausoleum for Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1807 (18)
    - Designs arranged by date, May to September 1807

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Reference number

SM 15/2/1

Purpose

[18] Interior perspective of both chambers by J.M.Gandy (1807)

Aspect

Interior perspective, close to as built

Inscribed

TO THE MEMORY OF NOEL DESENFANS ESQRE / HIS SALTERM ACCVMVLEM DONIS ET FVNCAR INANI and NOKEL DESENFANS / DIED MDCCCVII

Signed and dated

00/00/1807
John Soane Arch^t / 1807

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, yellow and burnt umber washes, shaded, with triple ruled and sepia wash border (643 x 644)

Hand

Gandy, Joseph Michael (1771--1843)

Notes

It is likely that Gandy's fine drawing shows the masoleum as built though some of the ornamental details may have been omitted. The drawing is particularly succesful in conveying the careful lighting of Soane's scheme.

Level

drawing

Exhibition history

Soane and Death, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 26 February - 12 May 1996
John Soane Architect: Master of Space and Light, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 11 September - 3 December 1999; Centro Palladio, Vicenza, April - August 2000; Hôtel de Rohan, Paris, January - April 2001; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 16 May - 3 September 2001; Real Academia des Bellas Artes, Madrid, October - December 2001
Building a Dialogue: The Architect and the Client, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 17 February - 9 May 2015

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