[8] Record drawing (made in 1796) of the design submitted to the Parma Academy in May 1780

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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 volume 62/1

Purpose

[8] Record drawing (made in 1796) of the design submitted to the Parma Academy in May 1780

Aspect

Copies to a reduced scale of elevation from the river and (inscribed by Soane) The Plan of the Superstructure

Scale

to a scale, the plan (1/120 in to 1 ft approximately) to a smaller scale than the elevation

Inscribed

as above and (Soane) Design for a Triumphal Bridge with the domed centre and entrance halls on the plan labelled (Soane) Mars, Victory and Peace, and (added, pencil) 16 In.

Signed and dated

(pencil) Good Sept 1796

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and light pink washes, pencil, shaded on thin laid paper (260 x 405)

Hand

Joseph Henry Good (pupil 1795-1800)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis and IV

Notes

The office Day Book covering September 1796 shows that Good spent several days making 'fair drawings' for 'Mr Soane'. The design is related to the alternative (more complex) plan and elevation B made by George Dance. Presumably Good was copying from Soane's copies of his Triumphal Bridge design for the Parma Academy and both sets of drawings are now lost. (On Joseph Henry Good (1775-1857) see H.Colvin, Biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600-1840, 3rd ed. 1995)

Level

Drawing

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