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Reference number

SM volume 60/66

Purpose

[30] Preliminary drawing of the library by J.M. Gandy, mid-January 1803

Aspect

Interior perspective

Inscribed

Lord Bridport Library, C qy what / aspect, lettered A and B, Warwick

Signed and dated

  • January 1803
    datable to mid-January 1803

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and wash on laid paper (205 x 145)

Hand

Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843), draughtsman

Literature

A.T. Bolton, The Portrait of Sir John Soane, R.A., 1927, p. 124; J. Hall, Subjects & symbols in art, 1992, pp. 55, 309; G. Darley, John Soane: an accidental Romantic, 1999, pp.117-120, pp. 79-80.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Soane's Magician: The Tragic Genius of Joseph Michael Gandy, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 31 March - 12 August 2006

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk