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[3] Survey drawing of west wing
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Reference number
SM 65/4/1
Purpose
[3] Survey drawing of west wing
Aspect
Rough elevation of West Front
Inscribed
as above, 1661 (building date on central gable), *above the Plinth, some dimensions and a calculation given and (verso) Dulwich College twice
Signed and dated
- datable to early 1811
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper with three fold marks (240 x 397)
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
Phipps & Son
Notes
SM 65/4/4 is the first dated drawing (28 February 1811) from Soane's office for Dulwich, that survives. However Soane's first visit to Dulwich College, after his commission as architect, was on 8 January 1811.
In Bourgeois's will he requested the refurbishment of the existing Gallery on the first floor of the west wing of the College, as shown on SM 65/4/4. However the wing was in such a decrepit state that the building of an entirely new wing for the Gallery and the demolition of the west wing was proposed.
The seventeenth-century character of the original College building is particularly evident here and in SM 65/4/3. The college is a symmetrical building with gables and transomed and mullioned windows, with the panes arranged diagonally here.
In Bourgeois's will he requested the refurbishment of the existing Gallery on the first floor of the west wing of the College, as shown on SM 65/4/4. However the wing was in such a decrepit state that the building of an entirely new wing for the Gallery and the demolition of the west wing was proposed.
The seventeenth-century character of the original College building is particularly evident here and in SM 65/4/3. The college is a symmetrical building with gables and transomed and mullioned windows, with the panes arranged diagonally here.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 13 & 171
Level
Drawing
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