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[2] Alternative rough design by Soane in mixed Egyptian and mixed 'Moresque' styles
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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 42/90
Purpose
[2] Alternative rough design by Soane in mixed Egyptian and mixed 'Moresque' styles
Aspect
Sketch elevation of a domed building with round arched entrance and lunette niches fronted by a double stair and with pavilions each with an obelisk
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, shaded on laid secretary paper (195 x 260)
Hand
Soane
Notes
The drawing introduces some elements such as the round-arched entrance and niches, rusticated base and semicircular dome found in a record drawing of the final design (SM volume 66/33). du Prey (op.cit.) describes the overall design as 'looking like a funereal version of [Soane's] 'Moorish Dairy' ('Elevation of a Dairy House in the Moresque Stile', plate xxxiii, published Soan(e), Designs in architecture ..., 1778).
Literature
P. du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.98-9
Level
Drawing
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