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7v (SM volume 40) Gateway

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7v (SM volume 40) Gateway

Notes

Rough elevation of a rusticated gateway with segmental central arch flanked by 2 lesser semicircular-headed arches, decorated with an obelisk, cannon balls heaped up above raised tablets and with an iron gate - the design has a military air. The inscription Peacock may refer to James Peacock (1738?-1814), architect, surveyor, George Dance's lifelong assistant and the man who introduced Soane to Dance and thus helped to launch his career. The military character of the design may be related to the Honourable Artillery Company for whom Dance made a design for new gates and piers (1783) for their new boundary wall in City Road (D. Stroud, George Dance, architect, 1741-1825, 1971, p.137 and see also P.du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, pp.28-9).

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Drawing

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