Whole content 151:9, (pencil) calculation and dimensions given

• datable to July 1811

Pen and rose pink wash, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (576 x 695)

Soane office with pencil additions by Soane

The plans include the arcade running along the east front, agreed at the meeting of 12 July. There are now four narrow entrances for the almshouses, which separate the east front into five sections; the two-storey end bays, the adjacent almhouse bays defined by three windows and the entrance vestibule for the Gallery in the centre. The drawings show the Mausoleum as a cruciform projection.

This drawing shows fireplaces in the large Gallery rooms, indicated by niches in the wall, however, SM 15/1/1 and SM 15/1/2 show only flues embedded in the Gallery walls. In the alternative plans Soane explores different heating options. In 'Heating methods and their impact on Soane's work: Lincoln's Inn Fields and Dulwich Picture Gallery', Journal of Society of Architectural Historians, 52/1, March 1993, pp. 26-58, Todd Willmert writes of Soane's indecisiveness about the heating of the Gallery. It is not known whether the Gallery had fireplaces or not but the central steam system would definitely have been the main source for heating the space. Fireplaces may have been employed to provide additional heat or purely for aesthetic purposes.

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 48 & 182

Drawing

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