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[31] Working drawing for columns
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Reference number
SM volume 42/154
Purpose
[31] Working drawing for columns
Aspect
Elevation/section and elevation of column and entablature
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot approximately
Inscribed
Wood brick flints between brick Tryglyphs and some dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, pencil on laid paper with four fold marks (205 x 225) in volume 42 p.154
Watermark
C Hatch 1794
Notes
The order is a baseless Doric one, using wood with bark for the two columns together with brick and flints for the frieze so that the toothing or triglyphs were of brick with flints in between.
Literature. D.Stroud, Sir John Soane, 2nd ed., 1996, pp.177-9; P.Dean, 'Country houses and the Primitive' in M.Richardson and Stevens, John Soane architect: master of space and light, 1999, pp.114-21
Literature. D.Stroud, Sir John Soane, 2nd ed., 1996, pp.177-9; P.Dean, 'Country houses and the Primitive' in M.Richardson and Stevens, John Soane architect: master of space and light, 1999, pp.114-21
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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