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Reference number

SM 65/4/22

Purpose

[41] Presentation drawing for approved design

Aspect

West elevation of the entrance front with almshouses

Scale

bar scale of 1/9 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Dulwich College

Signed and dated

  • August 1811

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, warm sepia, yellow ochre, burnt sienna and blue washes, watercolour technique, shaded, within a nine-ruled pen and sepia and black wash border on wove paper (331 x 520)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

J Whatman 1808

Notes

The elevation of the east front with the Mausoleum in SM 15/1/4 is the same design seen in SM 65/4/25, SM 65/4/26, SM 65/4/27 and SM 15/2/29. The arcade runs along the entire length of the Gallery with pediments decorated with antefixae and a serpent motif, and double panelled pilasters on the end bays.

The elevation of the west front in SM 15/1/4 shows the entrance and the almshouses with the back of the Mausoleum lantern behind. The windows are a variation of the seventeenth century design with double mullions set within shallow recessed arches. There is no longer a projecting entrance porch but instead three steps leading up to a rectangular door crowned with a cornice supported by console brackets. The four narrow entrances for the almshouses are also drawn-in, as seen in the previous plans (SM 65/4/62, SM 15/1/1 and SM 15/1/2). This drawing is an almost identical elevation but with an even simpler entrance with a wider unadorned door set into a recessed arch.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, 54 & 183

Level

Drawing

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