[40] Presentation drawing for approved design

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  - London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Southwark for the Governors of Dulwich College, 1811-1813 (108)
    - Revisions to the approved design, 12 July to 19 October 1811 (14)

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Reference number

SM 15/1/4

Purpose

[40] Presentation drawing for approved design

Aspect

Elevations of the east Front next the Great Quadrangle and the west Front next the Entrance Court of the Gallery

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Dulwich College, dimensions given

Signed and dated

Lincolns Inn Fields 29^th July 1811

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, warm sepia, yellow ochre, burnt sienna and blue washes, watercolour technique, shaded, partly pricked for transfer, within a three-ruled sepia and black wash border on wove paper (619 x 962)

Hand

George Allen Underwood (1793-1829, pupil 1807-1815) (recorded drawing a plan of Dulwich in the Day Book entry for 29 July 1811)

Watermark

J Whatman 1808

Notes

The elevation of the east front with the Mausoleum in this drawing is the same design seen in SM 65/4/25, SM 65/4/26, SM 65/4/27 and SM 15/2/2. The arcade runs along the entire length of the Gallery with pediments decorated with antefixae and a serpent motif, and double panelled pilasters on the end bays.

The elevation of the west front in this drawing shows the entrance and the almshouses with the back of the Mausoleum lantern behind. The windows are a variation of the seventeenth century design with double mullions set within shallow recessed arches. There is no longer a projecting entrance porch but instead three steps leading up to a rectangular door crowned with a cornice supported by console brackets. The four narrow entrances for the almshouses are also drawn-in, as seen in the previous plans (SM 65/4/62, SM 15/1/1 and SM 15/1/2). SM 65/4/22 is an almost identical elevation but with an even simpler entrance with a wider unadorned door set into a recessed arch.

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. 53 & 183

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Drawing

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