[81] Record drawing for the timber framework of the Gallery roof

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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 volume 81/08

Purpose

[81] Record drawing for the timber framework of the Gallery roof

Aspect

Plan and section of the framework for the Gallery roof, a more developed design based on SM volume 81/26 and SM volume 81/27

Scale

bar scale 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Middle room, dimensions given

Signed and dated

June 23^rd 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and yellow ochre washes on laid paper (255 x 410)

Hand

George Basevi (Day Book)

Watermark

horn within crowned cartouche and below, EJ

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 87 & 190
C. Davies, 'Masters of building: the first independent purpose-built picture gallery: Dulwich Picture Gallery', Architect's Journal, April 1984, p. 62

Level

Drawing

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