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[28] Accepted design for Gallery and almshouse range on a quadrangular plan, 10/12 July 1811
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Reference number
SM 65/4/37
Purpose
[28] Accepted design for Gallery and almshouse range on a quadrangular plan, 10/12 July 1811
Aspect
Block plan
Scale
bar scale of 1/17 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
a key AAAA to apartments / for the old Women, Entrance, Gallery (twice), the Picture Gallery, arcade (six times), the Mausoleum, Great Quadrangle, Chapel, Dulwich College, (written later in Soane's hand) At Dulwich 12 July 1811 / Present Master / Mr Corri (sic) / Mr Douch, organised (sic) / Mr Smith - saw & / app[roved] but / was engaged/ to dinner at / Clapham / Mr Jullian (sic) / Mr Druce (sic) / This General plan / app[roved] & also est[imated]
Signed and dated
- Lincolns Inn Fields 12 July 1811 (originally 10 July but amended)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, sepia and rose pink washes, pricked for transfer, within single-ruled pen and sepia wash border on laid paper (453 x 579)
Hand
George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil and office assistant 1806-1837, curator 1837-1860) or John Buxton (pupil 1809-1814) (both pupils recorded drawing plans of Dulwich in the Soane office Day Book entry for 10 July 1811) with pencil additions by Soane
Watermark
A Stace 1798, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, AS
Notes
On Friday 12 July 1811, Soane recorded in his note book a meeting with the Master of Dulwich and other College authorities, where they 'finally settled plans'. The approved design is a development of design No 7, SM 65/4/41, including the extensions to the Gallery on the west side, which were initially sketched-in on the previous plan, SM 65/4/40. This made the end bays of the almshouses longer. The single range housing both the Gallery and the almshouses has an arcade running across the entire length of the east front. This plan is almost as executed but the arcade was never built. There is also a pencil addition, in Soane's hand, relocating the Mausoleum to an unassuming position at the end of the original south range with the chapel. These alternatives were possibly discussed at the meeting but were not pursued.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 41 & 179-180
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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