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  • image SM 45/2/7 verso

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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