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  • image SM volume 81/20

Reference number

SM volume 81/20

Purpose

[104] Progress drawing, August 1812

Aspect

Bird's eye view of west front from the south

Signed and dated

  • R.C. Augst 13th 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and coloured washes, watercolour technique, shaded within a single-ruled black wash border on laid paper (210 x 277)

Hand

Robert Dennis Chantrell (1793-1872, pupil 1807-1814)

Watermark

G Jones 1809

Notes

This drawing and SM volume 81/21 show the external structure of the new Gallery almost complete, apart from the windows and doors of the almshouses. The slated roofs were covered at the beginning of August 1812 by W. and J. Sharpe, who were paid £39.13.1 for their work. 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. 110 & 193

Level

Drawing

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

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