Views and measured drawings copied from (?) Thomas Hardwick, and (?) bought from Manocchi (4)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Soane's architectural education: Royal Academy and Italy including measured drawings: 1770-1780
  - Soane in Italy: measured drawings made or copied, 1778-80
    - Italy: Tivoli: Hadrian's Villa (4)

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Reference number

SM 45/2/27, 45/2/30, 45/3/5, 44/9/12

Purpose

Views and measured drawings copied from (?) Thomas Hardwick, and (?) bought from Manocchi (4)

Aspect

1 Six views showing two sections of Small Baths, and sections of Hall of Philosophers, of Greek Library, of Latin Library, and of Serapaeum
2 Plans of A Serapeum, B Hall of Philosophers, C Tower of Rocabon, D Latin Library and unidentified bulding 3 Part-plan of Great Baths and Small Baths
4 Highly finished section of a niche head with its painted decoration

Scale

(2,3) 1/8 in to 1 ft (4) to a scale

Inscribed

(2) as above and dimensions given (3) Villa Adriana and dimensions given (4) (inscribed by Soane) Luneta della Villa Adriani in Tivoli

Signed and dated

badly-nested tags: br

Medium and dimensions

(1,2) Pen and sepia wash (3) pen and sepia wash, pencil, pricked for transfer; on laid paper (370 x 538 x 370, 375 x 538, 750 x 539); (4) pen, sepia and coloured washes, shaded within single ruled border on laid paper (396 x 486)

Hand

(1-3) Soane (4) Giuseppe Manocchi (c.1731-82)

Watermark

(1) J Whatman (2,3) J Whatman, fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche with GR below (4) fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Notes

Of the six views on drawing sheet 1 (45/2/27), only the bottom and right-hand middle row sketches are recognised as of Hadrian's Villa ). Of drawing 2, plan C is not related to Hadrian's Villa but is a plan of the Tower of Rocabona (Dr Benedette Adembri, 22.9.08)
On whether Soane's drawings of Hadrian's villa are copied from Thomas Hardwick or Giacomo Quarenghi or both see du Prey, op.cit., 1972 The drawings by Hardwick for Hadrian's Villa are in the RIBA Drawings Collection, SC53/9-10(1-3).
Professor du Prey (February 2009) noted that drawing 4, catalogued here, relates to drawings 1, 2 and 3 for the Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome, the four are by the same hand which appears to be that of Giuseppe Manocchi (c. 1731-1782) who was a Roman draughtsman of whom little is known. There are drawings signed by him (and dated 1765 or 1766) in the Adam collection at the Soane Museum and also in the 'Thomas Hardwick albums' at the Royal Institute of British Architects Drawings Collection, that are dated between 1759 and 1770.

See also Soane in Italy: measured drawings: Rome: Villa Doria Pamphili (also known as Bel Respiro) (3)

Literature

P.du Prey, 'Soane and Hardwick in Rome: a Neo-Classical partnership', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XV, 1972, pp.53,65-7;P.du Prey, (J.Lever editor), Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, volume G-K, 1973, p.94^2-3; P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.287-8; P. du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, pp.151-6

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Drawing

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