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[3] Measured drawings of unidentified bridge and Schaffhausen bridge
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Reference number
SM 79/1/15
Purpose
[3] Measured drawings of unidentified bridge and Schaffhausen bridge
Aspect
(recto) Rough elevation of a covered 5-arch bridge, with a 3-arch extension; (verso) Rough plans showing access to bridge at Schaffhausen
Inscribed
(recto) Water and Dn; (verso) Schauffhausen, This shews the bend of the Bridge, Toll house, Center, Street 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
Literature
P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, p.330
'John Soane and the wooden bridges of Switzerland. Architecture and the culture of technology from Palladio to the Grubenmanns', Accademia di Architettura 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', Accademia di Architettura 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
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk