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[96] Progress drawing, July 1812
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Reference number
SM volume 81/14
Purpose
[96] Progress drawing, July 1812
Aspect
Bird's eye view of the Mausoleum skyline
Signed and dated
- (pencil) R C (three times), July 28th 1812
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and coloured washes, watercolour technique, shaded, within a single-ruled black wash border on laid paper (221 x 270)
Hand
Robert Dennis Chantrell (1793-1872, pupil 1807-1814)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and below, GJ
Notes
This drawing shows the lantern of the Mausoleum almost complete, with the amber glazing being installed though the pitched roof above the antechamber which is still under construction. Underwood and Doyle were paid £46.3.8 as specialist manufacturers of metal sashes, supplying the amber glass for the lantern and William Watson was paid £373.3.2 as the glazier. The carpentry frame of the dome is visible between the rafters of the roof. The information about the tradesmen is from the building accounts, SM Bill Book G, folios 413-442.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 102 & 192
Level
Drawing
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