[12] Presentation drawing for alternative design No 2 for the College on an H-plan

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  - London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Southwark for the Governors of Dulwich College, 1811-1813 (108)
    - Five alternative preliminary designs, April to May 1811 (16)

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Reference number

SM 65/4/9

Purpose

[12] Presentation drawing for alternative design N^o2 for the College on an H-plan

Aspect

Block plan for Design / Plan N^o2

Scale

bar scale of 1/16 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, N^o IIII, Dulwich College, Gallery, Tower, Chapel, Porch

Signed and dated

April 1811

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, sepia and rose pink washes, partly pricked for transfer, within a six-ruled pen and sepia and black wash border on wove paper (353 x 518)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

In this 'H' plan design, the Gallery is sited in the 'cross-bar' of the H between the remodelled chapel building on the north and the new wing on the south. It is a two-storey building with the Gallery on the first floor above an arcade. The Mausoleum is not clearly visible.

For a development of this plan see SM 65/4/42.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 22 & 174;

Level

Drawing

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