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[62] Final design for the Gallery
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Reference number
SM 65/4/50
Purpose
[62] Final design for the Gallery
Aspect
Elevation of the north end of the Gallery
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- datable to April 1812
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, shaded, pricked for transfer on laid paper (303 x 486)
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, P&S
Notes
This drawng and SM 65/4/53 are the first drawings to clearly show what the ends of the Gallery look like. They show the two-storey almshouses in the end bays with double mullion windows in recessed arches, and flanked by panel pilasters. These windows were actually executed as blind windows, but were still set into recessed arches. This drawing is a reduced copy of SM 65/4/53, and was probably drawn later as a record drawing of the design.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 75 & 187
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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