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  • image SM 42/122 recto

Reference number

SM 42/122 recto

Purpose

[2] Rough domed designs on a trefoil plan by Soane, 1781

Aspect

Rough trefoil plan, elevation, section and details with pyramids; thumbnail trefoil plan enclosed by a circle, elevation and section

Signed and dated

  • 1781

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen (smudged and blotted) on laid secretary paper, with one fold mark (247 x 391)

Hand

Soane or Dance?

Watermark

fleur-de-lis

Notes

On the verso of this drawing is a sketch design for a competition for a penitentiary that was held in 1781 see under: Soane's early works ... : Battersea, London: sketch designs, competition and copies of competition designs for a prison for 300 women and a prison for 600 men (some drawings by George Dance), 1781 and later, SM volume 42/122 verso. There is a gap of three years between SM volume 42/172 verso and this drawing which is difficult to explain.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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