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[17] Imaginative reconstruction drawing made by J.M.Gandy, 1799-1800
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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 60/205
Purpose
[17] Imaginative reconstruction drawing made by J.M.Gandy, 1799-1800
Aspect
Preparatory perspective after Soane's amended design of 1777
Signed and dated
- Janry 5th 1799 (that is, January 1800 ?)
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, sepia, blue, green and yellow washes, watercolour technique, shaded within dark sepia wash border (355 x 541)
Hand
J.M.Gandy (1771-1843)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche with GR below
Notes
Gandy's perspective follows some of the amendments Soane later made to the plan he drew in 1777 (SM 45/1/16). The ground floor entrance and alcoves are widened and made lunette-like (but with imposts); the enlargement of the 'portico in antis' on the first floor was not carried out. The perspective is very close to that of SM volume 60/206 and to the framed perspective that follows (SM P271). The only variations are in the view and watercolour treatment (more upward and with darker tints in the final perspective).
Reduced copy (by C.J. Richardson) in pen and watercolour of SM drawing 17 in the V&A Museum, see P.du Prey, Sir John Soane, 1985, in series of 'Catalogues of architectural drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum', catalogue 24.
Reduced copy (by C.J. Richardson) in pen and watercolour of SM drawing 17 in the V&A Museum, see P.du Prey, Sir John Soane, 1985, in series of 'Catalogues of architectural drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum', catalogue 24.
Level
Drawing
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