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Reference number

SM D3/3/2

Purpose

Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, Westminster, c.1788-94

Aspect

[7] Front elevation with two sculpted figures or stelæ and flanking bookcases in seven tiers, and side-elevation of sculpted figure and bust of Minerva

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • c.1788-94

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, sepia, burnt umber, Indian red, burnt sienna and (books) coloured washes, shaded on laid paper (330 x 505)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

J. Whatman (cut)

Notes

Of the three chimney-piece drawings, only this one shows the batter to the inside of the jambs that give a pylon-like form.

REPRODUCED. D. Stillman, 'The Gallery for Lansdowne House', Art Bulletin, LII, 1970, pp.75-80, fig.14; Soane: Connoisseur & collector, catalogue of an exhibition at the Soane Museum, 1995, fig.33; J. Hardy, 'The Homeric bas-relief at Lansdowne House', Christie's International Magazine, June/July 1995, p.72; I. C. Bristow, Architectural colour in British interiors 1615-1840, 1996, fig.175.

Level

Drawing

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