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Drawing. SM 48/4/9. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama
Reference number
SM 48/4/9
Purpose
Unidentified piazza, Rome, c.1759-64
Aspect
[1] Part-plan of a piazza
Scale
1/10 in to 1 ft approximately
Inscribed
(Italian hand) Questa Linea dinota [sic] La metta della Piazza, (Italian hand) tutta lla Lunghezza della Piazza e 245.5 and (Italian hand) some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c.1759-64
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid secretary paper, recently backed with tissue paper (330 x 430)
Hand
Dance?, Italian hands
Watermark
horn within crowned cartouche and SP
Notes
Inscriptions and dimensions are in an Italian hand (or hands) and it is not possible to identify the draughtsman.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk