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[14] Preliminary design for a water reservoir, or 'Castello d'Acqua', July 1793
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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 8/4/9
Purpose
[14] Preliminary design for a water reservoir, or 'Castello d'Acqua', July 1793
Aspect
Plan; section; two elevations; two rough plans of the roof; rough perspective
Scale
bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(pencil) 13 in
Signed and dated
- July 1793
Datable to July 1793 in accord with drawing 15
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and pink and grey washes on wove paper (520 x 496)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office
Soane office
Literature
D. Stroud, 'The charms of natural landscape: the park and gardens at Wimpole II', Country Life, 13 September 1979, p. 760; D. Adshead, '"Like a Roman sepulchre": John Soane's design for a Castello d'acqua at Wimpole...', Apollo, April 2003, pp. 15-20.
Level
Drawing
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