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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Soane's architectural education: Royal Academy and Italy including measured drawings: 1770-1780
  - Soane's architectural education including theoretical designs made for the Royal Academy Schools and for exhibition at the Royal Academy, 1770-80, and in Italy, 1778-80
    - Designs for a 'Castello d'acqua', August 1779-1780, with later rough alternative designs by George Dance (10)

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Reference number

SM 45/1/21

Purpose

[5] Design

Aspect

Elevation and section

Scale

bar scale of 1/16 in to 1 ft labelled English feet

Inscribed

LO SPACCATO D'VN DISEGNO PER VN CASTELLO D'ACQUA and L'ELEVAZIONE D'VN DISEGNO PER VN CASTELLO D'ACQVA

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink and blue washes, watercolour technique, shaded, pencil additions within single ruled border on laid paper (494 x 709)

Hand

Soane and ? Carlo Labruzzi (P. du Prey's attribution)

Watermark

J Whatman, fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche with GR below

Notes

The elevation has five bays rather than seven (as SM 42/183 recto) and the shallow, stepped dome is crowned by an equestrian statue. Water cascades from within the portico fronted by seven nude statues with urns pouring water into a pool. Water, sculpture and the pretty trees have been added by another hand, identified by du Prey (1982, op.cit., p.365, fn. 24) as Carlo Labruzzi, 1748-1817, a landscape painter who drew and painted views for foreign tourists.

Literature

P. du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.274-8
P. du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, pp.184-6

Level

Drawing

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

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