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[10] Rough design by George Dance differing from SM volume 42/98 and SM volume 42/99
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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 volume 42/102
Purpose
[10] Rough design by George Dance differing from SM volume 42/98 and SM volume 42/99
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, seven-bay building fronted by a ? reservoir with a ? sluice gate and with three satirical figures added
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper, stuck down (194 x 258)
Hand
George Dance (1741-1825)
Notes
The relationship between the architecture and the function of a reservoir is not clear. The humorous, over-sized nude figures perched on the building are characteristic of Dance (see, for example, J.Lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) …, 2003, catalogue [112]) and were probably a satirical response to the figures on SM 45/1/20. This design does not relate to any other of the designs for a Castello d'acqua - by either Soane or Dance.
Literature
P. du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, p.185
Level
Drawing
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