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Reference number

SM J. Soane/MS for/History/13 LIF/and/Ealing/6

Purpose

[149] Design, c. 1802-04

Aspect

Perspectival 'reconstruction' of the colonnade and temple front

Inscribed

labelled (pencil) level of the Earth / at present & for / _ _ _ _ so that the / Earth has for _ _ _ _ / at least 0.1 foot / _ _ _ _ _ Room is ... [illegible]

Signed and dated

  • c. 1802 - c. 1804

Medium and dimensions

Pen, cerulean blue, Naples yellow, ochre and sepia washes, watercolour technique within a single-ruled border, on laid paper (323 x 394)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

C Patch 1801, crown above Britannia holding a lance, shield and scepter

Literature

Visions of ruin: architectural fantasies and designs for garden follies, exhibition catalogue, Sir John Soane's Museum 1999, p.30

Level

Drawing

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

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