[1] Preliminary design drawn by George Dance, 1776

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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
    - Design for a Triumphal Bridge for the Royal Academy Schools Gold Medal competition 1776, later revised and sent to the Parma Academy, 1780, with preliminary designs by George Dance, 1776 and ? 1778, and later copies and perspectives, 1796-c.1827 (21)

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Reference number

SM 45/1/10

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design drawn by George Dance, 1776

Aspect

Part-elevation showing the centre and the left-hand colonnade of the entrance front

Scale

to a scale

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and sepia wash on laid paper (377 x 477)

Hand

George Dance (1741-1825)

Watermark

J Whatman

Notes

An early and unfinished design in which the essentials for the entrance front (as in SM 12/5/2) are set out. The main lines of the design such as the arch, Corinthian colonnade, domes and pediment are not fully drawn. Some lines are ruled and others are not, there is some pencil under-drawing but pen is also used directly, there is wash and also hatched pencil shading. The sculptural elements, including a columna rostrata and cylindrical pedestals with trophies are in Dance's hand.

The horizontal, vertical and other pen lines that define the architecture are by the same hand that drew the sculpture. However, they may represent a summary of Soane's design to which Dance has merely added his suggestions for sculpture. Some elements of the design as, for example, the use of a roundel over a niche can be found in Dance's Parma Academy design for a public gallery, 1763 (see J.Lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) …, 2003, catalogue [17]).

Level

Drawing

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