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[51] Working drawing for Mausoleum facing west
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Reference number
SM 65/4/49
Purpose
[51] Working drawing for Mausoleum facing west
Aspect
Ground floor plan of the Gallery, a more developed plan based on SM 65/4/59 and SM 65/4/60
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
dimensions given
Signed and dated
- datable to late 1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and rose pink wash, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (302 x 486)
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, P&S
Notes
The revised design sites the Mausoleum on the west side of the Gallery where the entrance porch was originally positioned.
This drawing, SM 65/4/59 and SM 65/4/60 were most probably drawn once construction had begun (the foundation stone was laid on 19 October 1811 and SM 65/4/60 is dated 25 October on the verso), and would have been used on site, indicated by SM 65/4/59 being folded for transport between the office and Dulwich College. The drawings are fully dimensioned and would have acted as instructions for the builders.
This drawing, SM 65/4/59 and SM 65/4/60 were most probably drawn once construction had begun (the foundation stone was laid on 19 October 1811 and SM 65/4/60 is dated 25 October on the verso), and would have been used on site, indicated by SM 65/4/59 being folded for transport between the office and Dulwich College. The drawings are fully dimensioned and would have acted as instructions for the builders.
Literature
T. Willmert. 'Heating methods and their impact on Soane's work: Lincoln's Inn Fields and Dulwich Picture Gallery', Journal of Society of Architectural Historians, 52/1, March 1993, p. 53
F. Nevola, Soane's Favourite Subject: The Story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 63 & 185
F. Nevola, Soane's Favourite Subject: The Story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 63 & 185
Level
Drawing
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