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[32] Presentation drawing for the Gallery
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Reference number
SM 65/4/23
Purpose
[32] Presentation drawing for the Gallery
Aspect
East elevation for Entrance Front next the / Great Quadrangle and (verso, pencil) rough elevation of plinth? with calculations and a dimension of 1.6 given
Scale
bar scale 1/9 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, (written later in Soane's hand) This elevation must be / altered to admit the / arcades as settled then / 12 July 1811, section through / the lobby between the Mausoleum / and the Great Gallery, 27 Brick pilasters, Stone plinth, Upper part of / cornice stone, Picture Gallery (on building beneath pediment)
Signed and dated
- Lincolns Inn Fields / 10 July 1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, warm sepia, yellow ochre and blue washes, watercolour technique, shaded, partly pricked for transfer, within a seven-ruled pen and sepia and black wash border on wove paper (330 x 520)
Hand
George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil and Soane office assistant 1806-1837, curator 1837-1860) (Day Book entry for 10 July 1811)
Watermark
J Whatman 1808
Notes
The west elevation in SM 65/4/21 is close to SM 65/4/20. The main difference is that the end bays are narrower with only one window across, and they are two-storeys high. The building has a reduced eleven bay front. More decorative features are used on the Gallery, a modillion cornice and additional antefix on the parapets above the central and end bays. The inscriptions state that the building is to be built of brick, apart from the cornice and plinth which are to be made of stone. This drawing is of the east front with a section through the lobby of the Mausoleum so the exterior design of the Mausoleum is not visible. The drawing does not include the arcade running along the east front, which was agreed at the meeting.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 45 & 181
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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