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[149] Design, c. 1802-04
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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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