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Competition design for a public gallery awarded the Gold medal of the Parma Academy in 1763, copies 1763-c.1765 and 1794 or later
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Reference number
SM D4/11/3
Purpose
Competition design for a public gallery awarded the Gold medal of the Parma Academy in 1763, copies 1763-c.1765 and 1794 or later
Aspect
[4] Ground floor plan
Scale
A Scale of English Feet (3/10 in to 10 ft approximately)
Inscribed
Plan of a Magnificent Public Gallery done for the Premium given by the Royal Academy of Parma in the year 1763, lettered AB, CD and EF for three sections and (verso) 39
Signed: Mihi turpe relinqui est ('it is shameful of me to be left behind') and George Dance Arch.
Signed and dated
- 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, pencil within double ruled and sepia wash border on coarse laid paper (910 x 615)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
(footed) P
Notes
On Soane's use of Dance's motto see the general note in 'Dance and Soane' (p.351). REPRODUCED. E. Harris, The Genius of Robert Adam: his interiors, 2001 fig.318.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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