Design for a pedimented attic over a portico on a segmental plan, February 1805

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Reference number

SM (52) 1/6/31

Purpose

Design for a pedimented attic over a portico on a segmental plan, February 1805

Aspect

52 Front elevation; and plan of the columniation

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Sketch of a Design for part of the Attic / North West End

Signed and dated

February 1805

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

J Whatman 1801

Notes

The pediment in drawing 52 appears larger than in previous designs (such as drawings 49 to 51). As with drawing 51, the plan on drawing 52 shows the segmental curve of the four columns radiating approximately 14'3" from a centre point (drawing 48 shows a radius of 15'4"). The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, as measured by Dance, radiated at 11'2"5/8, suggesting that Soane did not intend to replicate the Temple's peristyle (Richardson, p.139).

Literature

M. Richardson, 'John Soane and the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli', Architectural History, vol. 46, 2003, pp. 129-145.

Level

Drawing

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