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  • image SM volume 69/30

Reference number

SM volume 69/30

Purpose

[9] Imaginative reconstruction drawing of an early design made by J.M.Gandy, 1798-1799

Aspect

Preparatory perspective after Soane's early design except that the oculus is wider. Not fully drawn out, the city background includes St Paul's Cathedral.

Signed and dated

  • (pencil, J.M.Gandy) Novr 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper ( 231 x 370)

Hand

J.M.Gandy (1771-1843)

Watermark

Buttanshaw 1794

Notes

Gandy began working as an assistant in Soane's office in 1798 and left in 1801.

Level

Drawing

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

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