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Reference number
SM 65/5/2
Purpose
[75] Working drawing for the Gallery
Aspect
Outline plan for south half of the Gallery and elevation of a chimney stack
Scale
bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(pencil) some dimensions given for the skylights
Signed and dated
- datable to May 1812
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, sepia and raw sienna washes, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper (512 x 670)
Hand
Soane office
Notes
This drawing clearly shows the chimney flues in the west wall of the Gallery, coloured in sepia wash; below is a preliminary design for the chimney stack. A developed elevation of the chimney design can be seen in SM volume 81/24.
The heating systems employed in the new building are of particular interest. In 'Heating methods and their impact on Soane's work: Lincoln's Inn Fields and Dulwich Picture Gallery', Journal of Society of Architectural Historians, 52/1, March 1993, pp. 26-58, Todd Willmert writes about the contrast of heating. Similarly with the dramatic variations of light between the bright top-lighting of the Gallery and the dull amber glass lantern of the Mausoleum, there was a juxtaposition between the centrally heated Gallery and the unheated Mausoleum. It was to create a 'critical tension' between 'tomb and art'.
The heating systems employed in the new building are of particular interest. In 'Heating methods and their impact on Soane's work: Lincoln's Inn Fields and Dulwich Picture Gallery', Journal of Society of Architectural Historians, 52/1, March 1993, pp. 26-58, Todd Willmert writes about the contrast of heating. Similarly with the dramatic variations of light between the bright top-lighting of the Gallery and the dull amber glass lantern of the Mausoleum, there was a juxtaposition between the centrally heated Gallery and the unheated Mausoleum. It was to create a 'critical tension' between 'tomb and art'.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 86 & 190
Level
Drawing
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