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Drawing. SM volume 68/26. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama
Reference number
SM volume 68/26
Purpose
[1] Variant design
Aspect
Encircled elevation of a screen with four Ionic columns and an alcove with a sculptured figure (Naiad with a pitcher and swan ?) on a pedestal. The entablature supports the royal arms flanked by cornucopia. The frieze inscribed Grand Junction Canal Company, architrave inscribed Aeque Pauperious Prodest locupletius , four recessed tablets bear the words: Liberality, Agriculture, Commerce and Justice, the plinth is inscribed: This Chosen Infant ------- Upon this Land, a thousand blessings / Though in the Cradle yet new promises which time shall bring to ripeness / MDCCXCXIII
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- August 1793
John Soane Archt and Great Scotland Yard August 1793
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia wash, pencil with triple-ruled pen and black wash border on laid paper (219 x 264)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
n/a
Level
Drawing
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