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[90] Progress drawing, June 1812
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Reference number
SM volume 81/6
Purpose
[90] Progress drawing, June 1812
Aspect
View of the Mausoleum and part of the Picture Gallery at Dulwich College
Signed and dated
- Taken Thursday June the 18th and, R.C Finished June 19th 1812
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and coloured washes, watercolour technique, shaded, within a single-ruled black wash border on laid paper (232 x 342)
Hand
Robert Dennis Chantrell (1793-1872, pupil 1807-1814)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and below, GJ
Notes
This drawing dated 18 June shows the sarcophagi added to the Mausoleum. The second-storey of the almshouses was also under construction at this stage.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 96 & 191
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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