[15] Presentation drawing for alternative Design No 3 for the College on a cross-plan

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Southwark for the Governors of Dulwich College, 1811-1813 (108)
    - Five alternative preliminary designs, April to May 1811 (16)

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Reference number

SM 65/4/12

Purpose

[15] Presentation drawing for alternative Design N^o 3 for the College on a cross-plan

Aspect

Bird's eye view

Inscribed

as above, N^o VII, (Soane) Dulwich College

Signed and dated

datable to April 1811

Medium and dimensions

Pen and colured washes, some waterclour technique, shaded, within a quadruple-ruled pen and sepia and black wash border on wove paper (321 x 470)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

Ruse & Turners 1805

Notes

The cruciform plan retains the south range with the old chapel and places a wing on either side. The locations of the Gallery and Mausoleum are not indicated. The pilasters that appear on the alternating projecting bays echo the Jacobean architecture of the existing west wing, demonstrating the intention to relate the new wing to the original architecture of the College.

Literature

G. Waterfield, Soane and after: the architecture of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1987, pp. 28;
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 25 & 175

Level

Drawing

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