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Reference number
SM volume 42/43
Purpose
Tracing of design
Aspect
Part-plan with central oval panel framed by vines enclosing a motif of a pitcher with thyrsus (attribute of Bacchus) and shepherd's crook (attribute of, for example, Pan)
Scale
scale bar equivalent of 2/3 in to 1 ft approximately
Medium and dimensions
Pen on tracing paper (218 x 192)
Hand
traced by Soane
Notes
The quarter plan is for a room of about 12 feet by 13 feet 6 inches that may have been a dining room, or so the decorative motifs associated with wine suggest.Much of the drawing was made with straight edge and compass, and is stuck recto side down on the album page with some re-tracing on the verso. 'Does not relate to any existing work' at Claremont (letter from Howard Farrar, Claremont Fan Court School, 23 July 2007).
Level
Drawing
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