[43] Presentation drawing for approved plan

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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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 65/4/31

Purpose

[43] Presentation drawing for approved plan

Aspect

Ground plan of the College buildings on a quadrangular plan, related to SM 65/4/5

Scale

bar scale of 1/17 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Dulwich College

Signed and dated

(Soane) Lincolns Inn Fields / August 7 1811

Medium and dimensions

Pen and rose pink wash, partly pricked for transfer, within nine-ruled pen and sepia and black wash border on wove paper (326 x 519)

Hand

Charles Tyrrell (1795-1832, pupil 1811-1816) (recorded drawing plans of Dulwich in the Day Book entry for 7 August 1811)

Watermark

J Whatman 1808

Notes

This drawing puts the approved plan for the new two-storey Gallery and almshouse wing in the wider context of the whole College quadrangle. SM 65/4/31 shows the two-storey almshouse end bays, and the Gallery with the skylights situated on the first floor above the arcade, similarly to SM 65/4/33.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 56 & 183-184

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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