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Reference number

SM 65/5/1

Purpose

[74] Working drawing for the Gallery

Aspect

Plan of top-storey of Mausoleum and south half of the Gallery

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(pencil) Dulwich

Signed and dated

  • datable to May 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, sepia, rose pink and blue washes, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper (558 x 686)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

1810

Notes

This drawing shows the arrangement of the Gallery skylights and the structure of the Mausoleum pendentive dome as built.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 86 & 190

Level

Drawing

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

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