[5] 5 Intermediate rough design by George Dance, 1778

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Soane's architectural education: Royal Academy and Italy including measured drawings: 1770-1780
  - Soane's architectural education including theoretical designs made for the Royal Academy Schools and for exhibition at the Royal Academy, 1770-80, and in Italy, 1778-80
    - Preliminary designs, some by George Dance, final design exhibited at the Royal Academy, record drawing, and perspectives by J.M.Gandy and George Bailey, for a British Senate House 1778-1779 and later (16)

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Reference number

SM volume 42/172 recto

Purpose

[5] 5 Intermediate rough design by George Dance, 1778

Aspect

Rough half-plan close to the internal arrangement of the penultimate design SM 45/1/13 recto) but without wings; slight part-general plan indicating curved wings and pavilion ends; rough elevation of front quite close to that of SM 45/1/13 recto; (pencil) half-elevation of bowed front with a simple (not stepped) dome; and detail of elevation with a giant order and roundel over niche

Scale

(plan) 1/32 in to 1 ft (approximately)

Inscribed

some dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid secretary paper folded in half and previously folded three times (389 x 269)

Hand

George Dance (1741-1825)

Watermark

dove on monti, C and I within a roundel

Notes

On the verso are rough studies by Dance for a (generic) mausoleum on a trefoil plan that, it is assumed, became a preliminary design for the so-called Mausoleum for the Earl of Chatham died 11 May 1778 (q.v. SM 45/1/9 recto and verso). The two drawings are in different media on worn and rather scrappy paper, and were probably made on two distinct occasions. The puzzle is that the drawing sheet is Italian-made.

Literature

P. du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.130-1

Level

Drawing

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