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Reference number
SM volume 42/108
Purpose
Sketch design
Aspect
Elevation of a building with a distyle portico in antis, fronted by steps, with a pair of small windows on either side and, on top and behind a parapet, a circular pavilion with columns and conical roof centred over the portico; elevational detail ?
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen and brush on laid paper with three fold marks (194 x 320)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
Britannia with spear, shield and olive branch within a crowned oval frame
Notes
A hastily dashed off rough design for possibly a garden building of some kind. The site slopes on either side so perhaps it was for a prospect tower.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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