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Reference number

P352

Purpose

Drawing made for exhibition at the Royal Academy of Soane's design for a Triumphal Bridge accepted by the Parma Academy by J.M.Gandy, 1799

Aspect

14 Perspective of river front

Inscribed

VIEW OF A DESIGN FOR A TRIVMPHAL BRIDGE MADE FROM / THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS PRESENTED TO LA DVCALE PARMENSE ACCADEMIA DELLE BELLE ARTI MDCCLXXIX and (frame) DESIGN FOR TRIVMPHAL BRIDGE (SIR JOHN SOANE 1779)

Signed and dated

  • 1799

Medium and dimensions

Pen, burnt umber, blue, green and sepia washes, watercolour technique, shaded, framed (632 x 957 approximately)

Hand

J.M.Gandy (1771-1843)

Notes

It is assumed that this framed drawing is the one exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1799 as 'Design for a triumphal bridge, for which the diploma of the Academy of Parma was given'. Between 11 February and 5 March 1799, the office Day Book shows that Gandy spent 18 working days on a 'Perspective View [or similar] of a Triumphal Bridge'. It was one of two drawings of a Triumphal Bridge by Gandy exhibited in 1799. See also drawing 15.

Exhib: RA 1799, No.953

See drawing 13, a preparatory drawing for this one.

Level

Drawing

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