[83] Record drawing for the west front

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Southwark for the Governors of Dulwich College, 1811-1813 (108)
    - Working and record drawings, June to July 1812 (8)

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Reference number

SM 65/4/51

Purpose

[83] Record drawing for the west front

Aspect

Incomplete elevation of the west front

Scale

bar scale of 1/10 to 1 foot

Signed and dated

datable to post-1815 because the Phipps & Sons watermark is dated 1815

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (303 x 487)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

Phipps & Sons 1815

Notes

This drawing is unfinished and shows the gallery without the Mausoleum and minus the lanterns and chimney stacks. Nevertheless it shows the scheme as executed with the almshouse windows set in recessed arches with blind rectangular windows above. The date of the watermark (Phipps & Sons 1815) suggests that it is a record drawing made after the completion of building work in 1813.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 70 & 186

Level

Drawing

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