[24] Presentation drawing for alternative Design No 7 on a quadrangular plan

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  - London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Southwark for the Governors of Dulwich College, 1811-1813 (108)
    - Three further alternative designs, May 1811 (6)

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Reference number

SM 65/4/41

Purpose

[24] Presentation drawing for alternative Design N^o 7 on a quadrangular plan

Aspect

Ground plan for alternative Design N^o 7 for single storey Gallery range with Mausoleum and almshouses

Scale

bar scale of 1/17 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Dulwich College, Arcade (twice), Living Room (six times), Chamber (four times), porch (twice), Gallery (three times), Mausoleum, some dimensions given

Signed and dated

(Soane) Lincolns Inn Fields 25, May 1811 and (Soane)

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, sepia and rose pink washes, partly pricked for transfer, within nine-ruled pen, sepia and black wash border on laid paper (452 x 581)

Hand

John Buxton (pupil 1809-1814) or Charles Tyrrell (1795-1832, pupil 1811-1816) (only two pupils continually recorded drawing plans in the Day Book entries for May) (both pupils specifically recorded on 25 May)

Watermark

A Stace 1798, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, AS

Notes

On Sunday 19 May 1811, Soane records in his Note Book 'Mr Corri, J. Wariter, Warden called - mark plan on site of kitch[en]: & old women under'. The College authorities wanted the new Gallery range to be to the south west and to accomodate the six 'old women' who lived in the west wing, which was to be demolished.

The pencil revisions on SM 65/4/42 have been realised in these plans. The Gallery moves to the south west of the College, re-creating the quadrangular plan, open to the east. The Gallery is connected to the College by arcades and the Mausoleum remains on the east side of the Gallery.

There is a staircase drawn in the entrance porch of SM 65/4/39, which would presumably lead up to the Gallery still situated on the first floor of the two-storey range as seen in the preliminary plans. This drawing is a further development of SM 65/4/39. The old women's almshouses and the Gallery are in the same single-storey range. The almshouses are situated along the length of the Gallery. SM 65/4/40 is close to SM 65/4/41. However the Gallery is set further back towards the west and is connected to the north and south wings by a quadrant arcade.

Literature

C. Davies, 'Masters of building: the first independent purpose-built picture gallery: Dulwich Picture Gallery', Architect's Journal, April 1984, p. 59
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 37 & 178
G. Waterfield, Soane and after: the architecture of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1987, pp. 31

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Drawing

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