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[54] Alternative design for Gallery with additional projecting entrance porch facing east
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Reference number
SM 65/4/63
Purpose
[54] Alternative design for Gallery with additional projecting entrance porch facing east
Aspect
Outline plan of the Gallery, as if viewed from Gallery Road
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- datable to early 1812
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (524 x 657)
Hand
Soane office
Notes
This drawing shows the complete outline of the Gallery with the Mausoleum on the west side and the new entrance porch on the east front. The entrance porch is not shown with grey wash like the rest of the building, supposedly to draw attention to its addition.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 68 & 186
Level
Drawing
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