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[55] Preliminary drawing for alternative design with entrance porch facing east
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Reference number
SM 65/4/24
Purpose
[55] Preliminary drawing for alternative design with entrance porch facing east
Aspect
Perspective of the east front with projecting entrance porch
Signed and dated
- datable to early 1812
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, shaded, within a single-ruled sepia wash border on laid paper (278 x 392)
Hand
Soane
Notes
This drawing is consistent with the previous plans. The porch projects from the middle of the east front and mirrors the structure and design of the Mausoleum minus the lantern. Scrolled acroterion decorate the projecting doors, as previously designed for the Mausoleum (see drawings SM 65/4/25, SM 65/4/26, SM 65/4/27, SM 15/2/2 and SM 15/1/4). It is a preliminary sketch design, drawn by Soane, which he then would have explained before handing the drawing over to a pupil to draw up to scale as a finished design.
A perspective of another design for the entrance porch can be found at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A 3307.108). This design shows the projecting central bay with a lantern above corresponding entirely with the Mausoleum on the west front.
A perspective of another design for the entrance porch can be found at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A 3307.108). This design shows the projecting central bay with a lantern above corresponding entirely with the Mausoleum on the west front.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 69 & 186
Level
Drawing
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