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Reference number
SM volume 42/91
Purpose
[4] Sketch design
Aspect
Rough plan on a semicircle with a courtyard, amended (in pencil) to a full circle, part-perspective in a plain Classical style, and another perspective in a Gothic style
Inscribed
For 36 Horses, & 4 Coaches double for Castle Eden
Signed and dated
- Datable to 1780
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen, pencil on laid paper with three fold marks (318 x 200)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
C Taylor
Notes
The design could not have been a serious proposal. Soane made a note in his sketchbook 'Stables for 30 horses & Carriage' but that seems rather large for a quite modest-sized house. (see Sketchbooks catalogue: 'Downhill' 1780-1, volume 82/19 verso)
Level
Drawing
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