Scale
bar scale 1/9 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Stone (four times), 27 Brick pilasters, Stone plinth, top part of cornice / stone, Dulwich College, The Picture Gallery (on building beneath pediment)
Signed and dated
- Lincolns Inn Fields / 10 July 1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, warm sepia, yellow ochre and blue washes, watercolour technique, shaded, partly pricked for transfer, within a seven-ruled pen and sepia and black wash border on wove paper (331 x 526)
Hand
George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil and Soane office assistant 1806-1837, curator 1837-1860) (Day Book entry for 10 July 1811)
Watermark
Ruse & Turners 1805
Notes
The west elevation here is close to SM 65/4/20. The main difference is that the end bays are narrower with only one window across, and they are two-storeys high. The building has a reduced eleven bay front. More decorative features are used on the Gallery, a modillion cornice and additional antefix on the parapets above the central and end bays. The inscriptions state that the building is to be built of brick, apart from the cornice and plinth which are to be made of stone. SM 65/4/23 is of the east front with a section through the lobby of the Mausoleum so the exterior design of the Mausoleum is not visible. The drawing does not include the arcade running along the east front, which was agreed at the meeting.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 44 & 180-181
Level
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