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  • image SM volume 81/14

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

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

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