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[41] Presentation drawing for approved design
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Reference number
SM 65/4/22
Purpose
[41] Presentation drawing for approved design
Aspect
West elevation of the entrance front with almshouses
Scale
bar scale of 1/9 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Dulwich College
Signed and dated
- August 1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, warm sepia, yellow ochre, burnt sienna and blue washes, watercolour technique, shaded, within a nine-ruled pen and sepia and black wash border on wove paper (331 x 520)
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
J Whatman 1808
Notes
The elevation of the east front with the Mausoleum in SM 15/1/4 is the same design seen in SM 65/4/25, SM 65/4/26, SM 65/4/27 and SM 15/2/29. The arcade runs along the entire length of the Gallery with pediments decorated with antefixae and a serpent motif, and double panelled pilasters on the end bays.
The elevation of the west front in SM 15/1/4 shows the entrance and the almshouses with the back of the Mausoleum lantern behind. The windows are a variation of the seventeenth century design with double mullions set within shallow recessed arches. There is no longer a projecting entrance porch but instead three steps leading up to a rectangular door crowned with a cornice supported by console brackets. The four narrow entrances for the almshouses are also drawn-in, as seen in the previous plans (SM 65/4/62, SM 15/1/1 and SM 15/1/2). This drawing is an almost identical elevation but with an even simpler entrance with a wider unadorned door set into a recessed arch.
The elevation of the west front in SM 15/1/4 shows the entrance and the almshouses with the back of the Mausoleum lantern behind. The windows are a variation of the seventeenth century design with double mullions set within shallow recessed arches. There is no longer a projecting entrance porch but instead three steps leading up to a rectangular door crowned with a cornice supported by console brackets. The four narrow entrances for the almshouses are also drawn-in, as seen in the previous plans (SM 65/4/62, SM 15/1/1 and SM 15/1/2). This drawing is an almost identical elevation but with an even simpler entrance with a wider unadorned door set into a recessed arch.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, 54 & 183
Level
Drawing
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