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[18] Interior perspective of both chambers by J.M.Gandy (1807)
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Reference number
SM 15/2/1
Purpose
[18] Interior perspective of both chambers by J.M.Gandy (1807)
Aspect
Interior perspective, close to as built
Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY OF NOEL DESENFANS ESQRE / HIS SALTERM ACCVMVLEM DONIS ET FVNCAR INANI and NOKEL DESENFANS / DIED MDCCCVII
Signed and dated
- 00/00/1807
John Soane Archt / 1807
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, yellow and burnt umber washes, shaded, with triple ruled and sepia wash border (643 x 644)
Hand
Gandy, Joseph Michael (1771--1843)
Notes
It is likely that Gandy's fine drawing shows the masoleum as built though some of the ornamental details may have been omitted. The drawing is particularly succesful in conveying the careful lighting of Soane's scheme.
Level
drawing
Exhibition history
Soane and Death, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 26 February - 12 May 1996
John Soane Architect: Master of Space and Light, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 11 September - 3 December 1999; Centro Palladio, Vicenza, April - August 2000; Hôtel de Rohan, Paris, January - April 2001; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 16 May - 3 September 2001; Real Academia des Bellas Artes, Madrid, October - December 2001
Building a Dialogue: The Architect and the Client, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 17 February - 9 May 2015
John Soane Architect: Master of Space and Light, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 11 September - 3 December 1999; Centro Palladio, Vicenza, April - August 2000; Hôtel de Rohan, Paris, January - April 2001; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 16 May - 3 September 2001; Real Academia des Bellas Artes, Madrid, October - December 2001
Building a Dialogue: The Architect and the Client, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 17 February - 9 May 2015
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