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Reference number

SM volume 42/49

Purpose

Design

Aspect

Elevation of lamp with oil reservoir, wick and metal cap supported by an iron stand with twin brackets that rests on the pyramidal cap of a pier; (feint pencil) variant design for lamp

Scale

to a scale

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia wash, pencil on laid paper with one fold mark (337 x 189)

Hand

badly-nested tags: br

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche with GR below

Notes

There are less careful drawings of iron lamp stands fixed to railings in Soane's sketchbook (volume 40, ff.8r-9r) made about 1782 that are thought to have been copied from a catalogue since they give prices. See also Concise Catalogue for further designs of street furniture including lamps.

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