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[2] Measured drawings of Schaffhausen bridge
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Reference number
SM 79/1/14
Purpose
[2] Measured drawings of Schaffhausen bridge
Aspect
(recto) Cross half-section and detail of junction of post, beam and floor; (verso) Detail of cross section of central pier
Inscribed
(recto) Schaffhausen (twice), Floor, Iron 3/8, by 2 1/2 to keep the Carts off and dimensions given; (verso) Schaffhausen, Middle of Bridge, Stone Pier, Oak, Water, Oak 11 ins sq., tenanted (sic) with 2 tenons into B, floor in three thicknesses, Outside Boarding, Oak Upright, lettered B and dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid secretary paper (230 x 381)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
post horn within crowned cartouche and C & I Honig below
Notes
Schauffhausen bridge was designed by Hans Ulrich Grubenmann, 1756-8.
Literature
P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, p.331
'John Soane and the wooden bridges of Switzerland. Architecture and the culture of technology from Palladio to the Grubenmanns', Academia di Architecttura Mendrisio, exhibition catalogue, 2003, p.95
'John Soane and the wooden bridges of Switzerland. Architecture and the culture of technology from Palladio to the Grubenmanns', Academia di Architecttura Mendrisio, exhibition catalogue, 2003, p.95
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
John Soane and the wooden bridges of Switzerland. Architecture and the culture of technology from Palladio to the Grubenmanns, Archivio del Moderno, Mendrisio, 11 May - 30 June 2002; Centro Palladio, Vicenza, 11 July - 3 November 2002; S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum, Basel, 16 November 2002 - 2 February 2003; Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 14 February - 19 April 2003
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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