[7] Design for front by Soane

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  - Banbury, Oxfordshire: unexecuted designs for a house for James King, February-March 1805 (9)

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Reference number

SM 3/1/2

Purpose

[7] Design for front by Soane

Aspect

Sketch design for the front elevation

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

J.King Esqre, AAAA, A. These pilasters / project before / the Wall 1½ inches

Signed and dated

00/02/1805
Feb.5.!805

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen over pencil, on laid paper (340 x 560)

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)

Notes

Here, Soane draws with a pen and his usual brown ink over his ruled pencil outline. Not surprisingly, the design improves on the perspective made by an office hand four days before (see drawing [1]). The pilasters (marked with an 'A') are now shown as sunk (that is, sunk and framed), the ground floor windows have a solid arched head decorated with a ribbon motif and the entrance has done away with columns and has shallow steps and front door with a fanlight. Less restrained are the ornaments above the eaves - a pair of urns either side of a decorative tablet that partly conceals the chimneys.

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Drawing

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