[57] Alternative design 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)
    - Final designs for the east and north elevations, early 1812 (6)

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Reference number

SM 65/4/54

Purpose

[57] Alternative design for approved plan

Aspect

Half-elevation of east front and (verso, pencil) slight unidentified plan with calcuations

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(pencil) a calculation given

Signed and dated

datable to early 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper (473 x 681)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

(58) J Whatman 1808

Notes

This drawing shows a different design for the east front without the projecting entrance porch. The idea for the east porch was abandoned due to a shortage of funds. In terms of the design, this alteration gave greater prominence to the Mausoleum on the other side. The east front is an austere and symmetrical structure with no central feature. Clerestory windows reappear as an alternative to the skylights. An arcade with plain round arches runs along the whole length of the lower storey. This drawing is a half-elevation of an almost identical design seen in SM 15/1/5 but a pitched roof is introduced along the wing and the pediments on the end bays are replaced with parapets.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 46 & 181

Level

Drawing

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