[5] Survey drawings of the Chapel

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  - London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Southwark for the Governors of Dulwich College, 1811-1813 (108)
    - Survey drawings of the old College, early 1811 (5)

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Reference number

SM 65/4/5

Purpose

[5] Survey drawings of the Chapel

Aspect

Plan of the Chapel and (verso, pencil) unidentified plan with some dimenions given, the largest 25.4

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Line of Gallery and dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and sepia wash, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper (331 x 561)

Hand

George Allen Underwood (1793-1829, pupil 1807-1815) (attribution by comparison of hands)

Notes

The west (or 'left') wing of the College consists of single rooms for the six almswomen while the three-storey east (or 'right') wing has two rooms for each of six almsmen on the ground floor and on the two floors above are the double-height school room and rooms for the minister, school master, usher and servants. Located on the south side are the chapel, dining rooms and kitchen offices. The chapel was the only part of the College which was preserved. The plans of the chapel in the drawings show the buttresses projecting from its exterior.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 15 & 172

Level

Drawing

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