Explore Collections Explore The Collections
You are here: CollectionsOnline  /  [32] Presentation drawing of the library by J.M. Gandy

Browse

  • image SM 13/5/8

Reference number

SM 13/5/8

Purpose

[32] Presentation drawing of the library by J.M. Gandy

Aspect

Interior perspective

Signed and dated

  • datable to after 29 January 1803 (see Notes)

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and coloured washes (1110 x 671)

Hand

Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843), draughtsman

Literature

A.T. Bolton, The Portrait of Sir John Soane, R.A., 1927, p. 124; J. Hall, Subjects & symbols in art, 1992, pp. 55, 309; G. Darley, John Soane: an accidental Romantic, 1999, pp.117-120, pp. 79-80.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Soane's Magician: The Tragic Genius of Joseph Michael Gandy, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 31 March - 12 August 2006

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