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Reference number

SM volume 69/19

Purpose

[34] Alternative design for a two-part lodge

Aspect

Alternative design for a lodge

Inscribed

Henry Peters Esqr

Signed and dated

  • 16/09/1798
    Octr 16th 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and sepia washes with sing ruled border on laid paper (233 x 370), p.19 of volume 69 'Sketches by J.Gandy'

Hand

Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843)
The Soane office Day Book records Mr Peters / About fair View of / the Lodge ½ day / About Sketches in Book / ½ day Gandy'. The fair View of the Lodge' may have been sent to Mr Peters since it is not in the Collection.

Notes

The perspective shows a lodge with a pyramidal roof linked by columns to a larger building - neither of them thatched. This new design in the form of a 'Fair view' was probably sent to Mr Peters. No further drawings for that design appear to have been made so it was probably dropped.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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