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Reference number

SM 45/6/4 verso

Purpose

[10] Turin: theatre: Teatro Regio: copy of measured drawing

Aspect

Half cross section of truss supporting stepped roof and detail of tie beam

Scale

bar scale of English and french feet (see below for note)

Inscribed

as above

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, pricked for transfer, traces of red sealing wax at corners on laid paper (398 x 545)

Hand

Soane

Notes

Soane drew a single scale bar labelled English and french and reading 10, 20 and 40 (sic). The bar scale has a dotted vertical line followed by a single sub-division of about 1/8 of an inch then followed by 2 inches subdivided by 10. A further dotted vertical is labelled 'English'. Thus, ten English feet are shown as slightly larger than ten French feet. No dimensions are given. Presumably this is the Teatro Regio built in 1738-40 by Benedetto Alfieri (1700-67) for Carlo Emanuele II, King of Savoy. When George Wightwick (1802-72) made a sketch section of the roof on his visit to Italy of 1825-7 (RIBA Drawings Collection PB429/12(1-2), the truss that he drew differed from that of Soane's time. In 1838, Pelagio Pelagi introduced a series of modifications to the theatre's structures. Altered again in the early 20th century, the Theatre was severely damaged by fire in 1936 and subsequently bombed in World War II; It was rebuilt to the design of Carlo Mollino, 1966-63. (information from Teatro Regio website)

Level

Drawing

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