[65] Working drawing for the Mausoleum and 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)
    - Alternative designs for the west front and Mausoleum, April to July 1812 (13)

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Reference number

SM 65/5/3

Purpose

[65] Working drawing for the Mausoleum and west front

Aspect

Plan for Mausoleum lantern and elevation of south half of west front

Scale

(pencil) slight bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(pencil) a calculation given

Signed and dated

datable to May 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and sepia wash on wove paper with one fold mark (555 x 1170)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

1810

Notes

An altar has been added in pencil, presumably by Soane, at the front of the Mausoleum and a design for the windows is drawn in one of the arches of the arcade. The window design embodies the seventeenth century character of the original architecture, as seen in previous designs; a cross windows with a mullion and a transom. It is set within a pedimented frame.

It is a rather large elevation and is drawn on two pieces of paper pasted together and then folded.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 79 & 188

Level

Drawing

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