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[1] Alternative rough design by Soane in mixed Egyptian and mixed 'Moresque' styles
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM volume 42/95
Purpose
[1] Alternative rough design by Soane in mixed Egyptian and mixed 'Moresque' styles
Aspect
Sketch elevation of a domed building with an Egyptian entrance; (verso) rough, unfinished elevation of a part of a buillding with a 'portico in antis' in the centre
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, hatching on laid secretary paper (199 x 264)
Hand
Soane
Notes
The drawing has an entrance with an opening with lintel above inclined jambs enclosed within a within a wide, splayed frame. Blank niches with inclined jambs appear in the flanking pavilions supporting twin obelisks. The junction of dome and colonnade with the centre is unresolved.
Literature
P. du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.98-9
Level
Drawing
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