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[1] Preliminary design in a Doric style, c. 5-7 May 1780
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 45/2/7 verso
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design in a Doric style, c. 5-7 May 1780
Aspect
Back elevation
Scale
to a scale
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and sepia wash, shaded on laid paper (519 x 375)
Hand
Soane
Notes
Swiftly drawn on the back of a measured drawing, probably made 5-7 May 1780 (see Soane in Italy: measured drawings: Verona: Porta di San Zeno), and with pencil guidelines to the proportions of the front and of the entablature, the design shows a five-bay elevation with a bow articulated by four Doric columns. Above the parapet rises a drum (three bays in width and supporting a shallow, conical roof) decorated with drops and festoons. This elevation relates to the circular dining room in the plan shown on SM 45/3/6, and to the rough plan and elevations drawn by Soane in his Downhill note/sketchbook (SM volume 80 f.4 recto: see Sketchbooks catalogue) for a small house with a domed drawing room.
Literature
P. du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, p.384, fn.19
Level
Drawing
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