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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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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