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  • image SM volume 81/18

Reference number

SM volume 81/18

Purpose

[102] Progress drawing, September 1812

Aspect

Perspective of east front

Signed and dated

  • August 12 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and coloured washes, watercolour technique, shaded within a single-ruled black wash border on laid paper (196 x 358)

Hand

George Basevi or George Allen Underwood (both pupils recorded in the Day Book entry for 12 August 1812)

Watermark

J Whatman 1811

Notes

Despite the fact that the east arcade linking the Gallery to the college was never executed, this drawing reveals that the original design is reflected in the large blind arches in low relief running along the entire east front of the Gallery.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 108 & 193

Level

Drawing

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

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