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[4] Copy from a measured drawing by George Dance
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Reference number
SM 45/3/32
Purpose
[4] Copy from a measured drawing by George Dance
Aspect
TIVOLI, THE INSIDE MOVLDINGS OF THE WINDOW, THE OVTSIDE MOVLDINGS OF THE WINDOW,The Soffite of the window
Scale
¾ in and 2 ins to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- John Soane Arch. delint (Soane began adding an 'e' to the end of his surname from the time of his marriage in August 1784 and did so to drawings made earlier.)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, light pink and cream washes, shaded, some pricking through for transfer, with single ruled and raw umber wash border on laid paper (619 x 952)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
The details of windows on this single sheet were taken from two of Dance’s drawings (D3/1/5 and D3/1/6; J.Lever, op.cit.,catalogue 13.15 and 13.16) omitting the door and drawn to the same scale.
Dance may have been irked by such plagiarism for it is mentioned at least three times in his friend Joseph Farington's diary. Thus (4 March 1810) Farington recorded that Soane 'borrowed Dance's drawing of the Sybils temple at Tivoli & copied it, & hung it up in His House with John Soane written under it, as if the drawing had been originally made by Himself.' (The Diary of Joseph Farington, 16 volumes, 1978-98).
Dance may have been irked by such plagiarism for it is mentioned at least three times in his friend Joseph Farington's diary. Thus (4 March 1810) Farington recorded that Soane 'borrowed Dance's drawing of the Sybils temple at Tivoli & copied it, & hung it up in His House with John Soane written under it, as if the drawing had been originally made by Himself.' (The Diary of Joseph Farington, 16 volumes, 1978-98).
Literature
P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp. 122-3,144
P.du Prey, John Soane, the making of an architect, 1982, pp.148-51, 359 fn.8
M.Richardson, 'John Soane and the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XLVI, 2003, pp.127-46
J.Lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) ... 2003
P.du Prey, John Soane, the making of an architect, 1982, pp.148-51, 359 fn.8
M.Richardson, 'John Soane and the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XLVI, 2003, pp.127-46
J.Lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) ... 2003
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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