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[1] Measured drawing made with Thomas Hardwick (2)
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Reference number
SM 45/3/40
Purpose
[1] Measured drawing made with Thomas Hardwick (2)
Aspect
Ground floor plan and plan of dome
Scale
bar scale of 1/9 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia washes, pencil, within double ruled border on laid paper (617 x 455)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
J Honig & Zoonen and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche with bell below and JH
Notes
The plan was re-used by Soane to illustrate his Royal Academy Lecture III (drawing 28). He described the Temple of Minerva Medica as 'uncommonly beautiful, and there is a peculiar lightness and skill in the construction of the dome' ((D.Watkin, Sir John Soane: the Royal Academy lectures, 2000, p.525).
A ten-sided (effectively circular) domical building of concrete faced with brick and with an internal diameter of 82.1 feet. 'Now believed to be the remains of a spectacular nymphaeum of the second half of the third century' (L.Richardson, jr, A New topographical dictionary of ancient Rome, Baltimore, 1992)). A nymphaeum was a pleasure building with plants and running water, ornamented with statues.
A ten-sided (effectively circular) domical building of concrete faced with brick and with an internal diameter of 82.1 feet. 'Now believed to be the remains of a spectacular nymphaeum of the second half of the third century' (L.Richardson, jr, A New topographical dictionary of ancient Rome, Baltimore, 1992)). A nymphaeum was a pleasure building with plants and running water, ornamented with statues.
Literature
P.du Prey, 'Soane and Hardwick in Rome: a Neo-Classical partnership', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XV, 1972, pp.61-2
P.du Prey, (J.Lever editor), Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, volume G-K, 1973, p.923
P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp. 113-4
P.du Prey, (J.Lever editor), Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, volume G-K, 1973, p.923
P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp. 113-4
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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