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  • image SM volume 68/27
Drawing. SM volume 68/27. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama

Reference number

SM volume 68/27

Purpose

[2] Variant design

Aspect

As SM volume 68/26 except that the screen is pedimented and without cornucopia. The Latin inscription on the architrave is now on the plinth. The inscription This Chosen Infant .... as SM volume 68/26 but placed on a broad pedestal below the sculptured figure. The recessed tablets have the same wording as SM volume 68/26 but are placed lower down so that there is space above for a swag; there are now steps

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 265)

Hand

Soane

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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