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[53] Working drawing for Gallery with additional projecting entrance porch facing east
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Reference number
SM 65/4/61
Purpose
[53] Working drawing for Gallery with additional projecting entrance porch facing east
Aspect
Enlarged ground floor plan for south half of the Gallery and (verso, pencil) rough elevation of antefix
Scale
bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Altar (twice), Mausoleum, Chapel, Sarcophagus (three times), Picture Gallery, Arcade, some calculations and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- (Soane) Dulwich College / 1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and rose pink wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (480 x 690)
Hand
Soane office with pencil additions by Soane
Notes
Although this drawing is dated 1811, it is probable that the added square of paper on the bottom left was added at a later date, perhaps late 1811 or early 1812. This addition to the drawing shows the plan for the new east entrance porch, following the decision to move the Mausoleum to the west after a meeting at the College on 15 November 1811. A structure projecting from the centre of the building is designed on the east facade echoing the structure of the Mausoleum opposite on the west side. However the entrance porch is slightly wider. Around the plan of the Mausoleum Soane has sketched-in additional sarcophagi and altars.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 67 & 186
Level
Drawing
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