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[25] Presentation drawing for alternative Design No 8 on a quadrangular plan
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Reference number
SM 65/4/40
Purpose
[25] Presentation drawing for alternative Design No 8 on a quadrangular plan
Aspect
Ground plan for alternative Design No 8 with Gallery range set back and quadrant arcades and (verso, pencil) rough plan of same design
Inscribed
as above, The (sic) / Dulwich, arcade (twice), Cha[mbers] (four times), Entrance, The Picture Gallery, Mausoleum, A (five times), some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- (Soane) Lincolns Inn Field and datable to May 1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, sepia and rose pink washes, pricked for transfer, within nine-ruled pen, sepia and black wash border on laid paper (458 x 579)
Hand
John Buxton (pupil 1809-1814) or Charles Tyrrell (1795-1832, pupil 1811-1816) (only two pupils continually recorded drawing plans in the Day Book entries for May)
Watermark
A Stace 1798, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, AS
Notes
On Sunday 19 May 1811, Soane records in his Note Book 'Mr Corri, J. Wariter, Warden called - mark plan on site of kitch[en]: & old women under'. The College authorities wanted the new Gallery range to be to the south west and to accomodate the six 'old women' who lived in the west wing, which was to be demolished.
The pencil revisions on SM 65/4/42 have been realised in these plans. The Gallery moves to the south west of the College, re-creating the quadrangular plan, open to the east. The Gallery is connected to the College by arcades and the Mausoleum remains on the east side of the Gallery.
There is a staircase drawn in the entrance porch of SM 64/4/39, which would presumably lead up to the Gallery still situated on the first floor of the two-storey range as seen in the preliminary plans. SM 65/4/40 is a further development of SM 64/4/39. The old women's almshouses and the Gallery are in the same single-storey range. The almshouses are situated along the length of the Gallery. This drawing is close to SM 65/4/41. However the Gallery is set further back towards the west and is connected to the north and south wings by a quadrant arcade.
The pencil revisions on SM 65/4/42 have been realised in these plans. The Gallery moves to the south west of the College, re-creating the quadrangular plan, open to the east. The Gallery is connected to the College by arcades and the Mausoleum remains on the east side of the Gallery.
There is a staircase drawn in the entrance porch of SM 64/4/39, which would presumably lead up to the Gallery still situated on the first floor of the two-storey range as seen in the preliminary plans. SM 65/4/40 is a further development of SM 64/4/39. The old women's almshouses and the Gallery are in the same single-storey range. The almshouses are situated along the length of the Gallery. This drawing is close to SM 65/4/41. However the Gallery is set further back towards the west and is connected to the north and south wings by a quadrant arcade.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 38 & 179
G. Waterfield, Soane and after: the architecture of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1987, pp. 31
C. Davies, 'Masters of building: the first independent purpose-built picture gallery: Dulwich Picture Gallery', Architect's Journal, April 1984, p. 59
G. Waterfield, Soane and after: the architecture of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1987, pp. 31
C. Davies, 'Masters of building: the first independent purpose-built picture gallery: Dulwich Picture Gallery', Architect's Journal, April 1984, p. 59
Level
Drawing
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