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[2] Copy from a measured drawing by George Dance
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Reference number
SM P286
Purpose
[2] Copy from a measured drawing by George Dance
Aspect
A GEOMETRICAL ELEVATION OF THE REMAINS OF A TEMPLE AT TIVOLI
Scale
to A SCALE OF ENGLISH FEET ½ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- I .SOAN. ARC. E
Medium and dimensions
framed NOT AVAILABLE
Hand
Soane
Watermark
framed NOT AVAILABLE
Notes
The elevation/section shown here is a close copy of one made by Dance, dated 1763 (D3/1/3; Lever, op.cit., catalogue 13.14) drawn to the same scale and with the same inscription.
Dance may have been irked by such plagiarism for it is mentioned at least three times in his friend Joseph Farington's diary. Thus (4 March 1810) Farington recorded that Soane 'borrowed Dance's drawing of the Sybils temple at Tivoli & copied it, & hung it up in His House with John Soane written under it, as if the drawing had been originally made by Himself.' (The Diary of Joseph Farington, 16 volumes, 1978-98).
Dance may have been irked by such plagiarism for it is mentioned at least three times in his friend Joseph Farington's diary. Thus (4 March 1810) Farington recorded that Soane 'borrowed Dance's drawing of the Sybils temple at Tivoli & copied it, & hung it up in His House with John Soane written under it, as if the drawing had been originally made by Himself.' (The Diary of Joseph Farington, 16 volumes, 1978-98).
Literature
P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp. 122-3,144
P.du Prey, John Soane, the making of an architect, 1982, pp.148-51, 359 fn.8
M.Richardson, 'John Soane and the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XLVI, 2003, pp.127-46
J.Lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) ... 2003
P.du Prey, John Soane, the making of an architect, 1982, pp.148-51, 359 fn.8
M.Richardson, 'John Soane and the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XLVI, 2003, pp.127-46
J.Lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) ... 2003
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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