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Reference number
SM 90/1/17
Purpose
[12] Design for a prospect tower
Aspect
Plan
Scale
bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(later hand) Sir John Soane and (another later hand on verso) Soane / C.J>Richardson / Coll / Tortworth and a square orange ink stamp
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash on wove paper (296 x 330)
Hand
Soane office
Notes
This drawing was purchased from the Professor Sir Albert Richardson sale, at Christies, September 2013 (lot 158, part).
There is in the Soane Museum's green box files underTortworth, an (indistinct) photocopy of a photograph (Conway Neg. L12/22/(28) (Gloucs) of a plan and elevation for a prospect tower. This came up for sale at Christies, 30 November, 1983, lot 80. The plan is the same as the one cataloged above. The elevation shows a four-storey building: the ground floor with three entrances each fronted by a pair of columns, the first floor windowed and with a balcony, the second floor a supporting drum with columns to a dome crowned by a statue.
There is in the Soane Museum's green box files underTortworth, an (indistinct) photocopy of a photograph (Conway Neg. L12/22/(28) (Gloucs) of a plan and elevation for a prospect tower. This came up for sale at Christies, 30 November, 1983, lot 80. The plan is the same as the one cataloged above. The elevation shows a four-storey building: the ground floor with three entrances each fronted by a pair of columns, the first floor windowed and with a balcony, the second floor a supporting drum with columns to a dome crowned by a statue.
Level
Drawing
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