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11r (SM volume 39) Design for a domed building on an X-plan

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11r (SM volume 39) Design for a domed building on an X-plan

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(pencil) Plan and elevation for a domed building, probably drawn between 4 and 5 of January 1779 (dated entries, ff.9v and 13v). The X-plan shows a circular centre with four semicircular alcoves, enclosed by an octagon composed of 4 concave sides linked by 4 short straight sides; an urn on a pedestal is placed in front of one short side. The elevation (with hatching) is more fully given than the plan and indicates a domical building with four Doric porticos (having round-arched windows placed high in each flank and with baseless columns) and with a dome crowned by two draped figures. Both plan and elevation are related to Soane's designs for a 'a Castello d'acqua, August 1779-80' and 'design for an unidentified mausoleum on an X-plan, 1779-80' (for which see Drawings catalogue: Soane's architectural education ...)

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Drawing

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