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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM volume 42/97
Purpose
[3] Rough circular design
Aspect
Rough unfinished perspective showing a circular building with evenly spaced giant columns rising from a wall punctuated with doors and niches, fronted by a wide stair flanked by two pyramid-roofed pavilions and, on the right, a detail of a ? dome or ? wine glass
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid secretary paper (197 x 319)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
Presently stuck down and not visible
Notes
Margaret Richardson (discussion, February 2008) identified this drawing as a companion to SM 42/122 recto, both of which relate to SM volume 42/172 verso by George Dance. The unfinished drawing of a circular building calls to mind the large roofless drums with engaged columns of Soane's design for a Triumphal Bridge (q.v.).
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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