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Temple of Vesta (or Temple of the Sibyl), Tivoli, near Rome, 1761-3 and 1794-5
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Reference number
SM D3/1/8
Purpose
Temple of Vesta (or Temple of the Sibyl), Tivoli, near Rome, 1761-3 and 1794-5
Aspect
[25] Parts of the Capital / of the Temple of / Tivoli / Geo. Dance
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
(Meyer) as above, Capital - Temple of Tivoli Copied from Drawings by George Dance Archi and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1795
(Meyer) Copy Jany 23 1795
Medium and dimensions
Pen on thin laid paper (355 x 580)
Hand
Soane Office, (Meyer)
Notes
These details were based on Dance's studies [SM D3/2/5(c)], [SM D3/2/5(d)], [SM D3/2/5(e)].
[SM D3/1/11], [SM D3/1/10] and [SM D3/1/8] are dated 23 January 1795. The entry in Soane's Office Day Book for 22 (sic) January 1795 includes Copying drawings of / Tivoli Capital / Meyer and on 24 January Seward left at Mr Dance's / No.3 Drawing of Temple of / Tivoli Capital Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848) was in Soane's office from 1794 to 1808 (Colvin).
It is possible that [SM D3/1/11], [SM D3/1/13], [SM D3/1/10] and [SM D3/1/8] with [SM D3/1/12] are from Soane's collection rather than from that of Dance (M. Richardson, 'John Soane and the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XLVI, 2003).
[SM D3/1/11], [SM D3/1/10] and [SM D3/1/8] are dated 23 January 1795. The entry in Soane's Office Day Book for 22 (sic) January 1795 includes Copying drawings of / Tivoli Capital / Meyer and on 24 January Seward left at Mr Dance's / No.3 Drawing of Temple of / Tivoli Capital Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848) was in Soane's office from 1794 to 1808 (Colvin).
It is possible that [SM D3/1/11], [SM D3/1/13], [SM D3/1/10] and [SM D3/1/8] with [SM D3/1/12] are from Soane's collection rather than from that of Dance (M. Richardson, 'John Soane and the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XLVI, 2003).
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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