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Reference number
SM 18/7/13
Purpose
Guildhall, City of London
Aspect
[1] Elevation
Soane office, George Dance the Elder and Younger, Guildhall. SM 18/7/13. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(black pen) 1039, (red pen) 166 and (on building, City motto) DOMINE DIRIGE NOS ('Lord guide us')
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, yellow ochre and blue washes, pencil within ruled and sepia wash border on wove paper (925 x 625)
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
Edmeads & Pine 1804
Notes
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.37a; J Sweetman, The Oriental obsession, Islamic inspiration in British and American art and architecture, 1500-1920, Cambridge, 1991, fig.51.
Level
Drawing
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk