[82] Record drawing for the east front

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Public buildings
  - London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Southwark for the Governors of Dulwich College, 1811-1813 (108)
    - Working and record drawings, June to July 1812 (8)

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Reference number

SM 65/4/52

Purpose

[82] Record drawing for the east front

Aspect

Incomplete elevation of the east front

Scale

bar scale of 1/10 to 1 foot

Signed and dated

datable to post-1815

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (300 x 485)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, P&S

Notes

This drawing is unfinished and shows the gallery without the entrance and minus the lanterns and chimney stacks. Nevertheless it shows the scheme as executed with the closed arcade.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 70 & 186

Level

Drawing

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