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Reference number

SM volume 81/27

Purpose

[80] Working drawing for the timber framework of the Gallery roof

Aspect

Plan of the Gallery roof

Inscribed

(pencil) all the uplights under these x / except the centre which just (sic), same as the other side, both sides alike, calculations and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • datable to June 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper with one fold mark (273 x 426)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and below, GJ

Notes

This rough working drawing (kept in the front pocket of Soane's record book, volume 81) is for the drawing made to scale and pasted into the record book; Dulwich College / Sketches of the Picture Gallery / the Mausoleum and Sisters' Apartments / made by the Pupils of Sir John Soane / during the progress of the Works, 1812. The drawing shows the roof carpentry of the vaulted structure, supporting the skylights, as executed. The drawing is not recorded in Nevola's catalogue.

Level

Drawing

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

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