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[58] Design No 1 for shield (and library doors)
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Reference number
SM 33/3/B4
Purpose
[58] Design No 1 for shield (and library doors)
Aspect
Elevation of door with shield
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
The Marquis of Buckingham / Details for Gothic Library at Stowe, Molding, Note / If the shields are not used / in the cieling They may be / introduced in the doors as shewn / at B which will require / No 28 of them // The shields being small / would suit the doors / much more than / the Cieling: & the roses / being introduced to / terminate the points / of the Curves EE / would give variety / & is likewise agreeable / to the Chapel of Henry VII, B, 2 --, No1
Signed and dated
- 1805
1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, red, yellow and blue washes on laid paper with several fold marks (433 x 303)
Hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837)
The drawing is not by Soane but the added note is in his hand.
The drawing is not by Soane but the added note is in his hand.
Notes
Apparently the shields could have been used for the ceiling or for the doors.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Giving Our Past a Future: The Work of the World Monuments Fund Britain, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 26 October 2012 - 26 January 2013
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk