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  • image SM volume 42/95

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

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

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