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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 60/204
Purpose
[5] Pictorial record drawing
Aspect
Perspective with trees in the background
Inscribed
(pen, G. Bailey, curator 1837-60) View of a Design for a Mausoleum and (verso, same hand) Sketch for a Design for a Mausoleum by Sir John Soane (Soane was knighted in 1832)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, raw umber, black and sepia washes, watercolour technique within double ruled and black wash border on laid paper (263 x 436)
Hand
pupil
Notes
The drawing comes from a large album of 'chiefly perspectives'. Too awkward to be a perspective by Gandy and not, for example, by Robert Smirke who made SM volume 66/36 and SM volume 62/79, the hand remains unidentified, but can be assumed to be that of a pupil in Soane's office.
The perspective of Soane's design (which is without the embellishments of SM volume 62/79) shows one of the four concave fronts and three of the 'portico in antis' pavilion ends. Three of the four circular, strigilated pedestals crowned by trophies, can be seen and together with the leaf festoons held by doves perched on the parapet of the mausoleum are the only decoration for a relatively austere design.
The perspective of Soane's design (which is without the embellishments of SM volume 62/79) shows one of the four concave fronts and three of the 'portico in antis' pavilion ends. Three of the four circular, strigilated pedestals crowned by trophies, can be seen and together with the leaf festoons held by doves perched on the parapet of the mausoleum are the only decoration for a relatively austere design.
Level
Drawing
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