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Reference number

SM 15/1/3

Purpose

[56] Presentation drawing for alternative design with entrance porch facing east

Aspect

Elevation of the entrance front (east front) and elevation of the front next the road (west front)

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above

Signed and dated

  • Lincolns Inn Fields April 13th 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, warm sepia, yellow ochre, burnt sienna and blue washes, watercolour technique, shaded, within a ten-ruled pen and sepia and black wash border on wove paper (504 x 710)

Hand

Pupil (George Bailey, George Allen Underwood and George Basevi recorded drawing elevations in the Day Book entry for 13 August 1812)

Watermark

Joseph R

Notes

This drawing is a finished design for the previous working and alternative drawings for the east front. Although the entrance porch mirrors the design of the Mausoleum on the west front, it is wider and only a single-storey structure. There are arched windows within the projecting porch so it does not interrupt the rhythm of the arcade. The raised octagonal skylights are visible. The pediments previously drawn on the end bays are replaced with parapets with further octagonal skylights above.

A perspective of another design for the entrance porch can be found at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A 3307.108). This design shows the projecting central bay with a lantern above corresponding entirely with the Mausoleum on the west front.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 71 & 186-187

Level

Drawing

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

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