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Reference number

SM volume 42/28

Purpose

Variant sketch design

Aspect

Rough part-plan, and elevation of a two-storey triumphal arch 23.7½ high

Inscribed

dimensions and calculations given

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on thin laid paper (201 x 322)

Hand

Soane

Watermark

Britannia with spear, shield and olive branch within a crowned oval frame

Notes

The next design (42/29) is much the same as this one. However, in the second drawing Soane was working on the proportions so that, for example, the height is reduced by 3 feet 3 inches but an elongated tablet-like parapet about 2 feet high has been added; as built, this became a parapet. The total width of 24 feet 4½ inches remains the same in both designs. Drawing 42/29 is closest to the built design. See 42/29 for general note on Aynhoe Park

Level

Drawing

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

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