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Reference number

SM D3/14/33

Purpose

Preliminary designs for unidentified domed buildings: a mausoleum? and churches

Aspect

[4] Cross-sectional elevation

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Four rough plans and upward sections of domed compartments Brown pen The plans seek to compose three, four and five domed compartments within a trefoil, a lozenge superimposed on a Greek cross, and a starfish ceiling and four domes. Kalman made a comparison (note on his photograph of this drawing) between Soane's unexecuted triangular scheme for a sepulchral church for Tyringham, 1800-01, and the rough plans shown here. Soane's design for 'A sepulchral church' was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1801 and he made preliminary designs for it from November 1800.

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen and warm sepia wash, pencil, hatching on laid paper (205 x 330)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

cartouche with bend surmounted by fleur-de-lis and W below

Notes

This section/elevation shows an elegant ribbed saucer dome with an oculus over a compartment that has, in the centre, an alcove with a statue framed by Corinthian columns. The design relates to the 'lozenge superimposed on a Greek cross' plan drawn on the verso.

Level

Drawing

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