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Highlights
A changing selection of highlights from our collections.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778)
Paestum (Italy), Temple of Neptune: view of interior from the W, taken from within the
cella
area, looking E and showing the internal superimposed colonnades, study for
Différentes vues de Pesto...
, plate XVI
c.1777-78
P139
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
A Rake's Progress VI: The Gaming House
1734
P45
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
An Election IV: Chairing the Member
1754-55
P78
Cast of the
Taddei tondo
by Michelangelo, in a rectangular frame
A92
John Jackson (1778 - 1831)
Portrait of Sir John Soane, in Masonic Costume, as Grand Superintendent and President of the Board of Works
1828-29
P142
Restored torso of a statue of the Ephesian Artemis (or 'Ephesian Diana')
M613
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
A Rake's Progress VII: The Prison
1734
P46
A black purse, one of two netted for Sir John Soane by his grand-daughters.
X305
