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Reference number

SM 45/5/3

Purpose

[8] Measured drawing of details copied from an Italian source

Aspect

Details of acanthus of capital, lettering; festoon and bucranium frieze

Scale

to a scale of Roman palmi (see note below)

Inscribed

as above and dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, some hatching on laid paper (481 x 298)

Hand

Soane

Watermark

J Whatman

Notes

Chastely drawn in outline with a fine pen, these details are carefully marked with their dimensions. No scale is given and it impossible to deduce it from the marked dimensions. For example, a detail marked 2" measures 1 7/8 inches and it seems that the drawing was made to a non-English scale, probably Roman palmi. Previously listed as a copy from drawings by George Dance, in fact, these details were copied from another, presumably, Italian source. A comparison with Dance's extant drawings of the Temple of Vesta reveals that some details shown here are not found among his studies.

Level

Drawing

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

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