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[63-66] Alternative designs for a nine-bay river elevation, one dated 2 August 1794 (4)
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Reference number
SM (63) 36/4/12 (64) 36/4/10 (65) 36/4/8 (66) 36/4/2
Purpose
[63-66] Alternative designs for a nine-bay river elevation, one dated 2 August 1794 (4)
Aspect
63 A Elevation next the River
64 Elevation to the River
65 Elevation to the River and (verso) a rough feint pencil elevation of nine bays
66 Two elevations to the River
Scale
(63-66) bar scales of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(63) as above (in pencil)
(64) (Soane, pencil) 2 flutes in frieze
Signed and dated
- (64) (Soane, pencil) Augt 2d 1794
Medium and dimensions
(63-65) Pen and sepia washes, shaded (64) partly pricked for transfer (63-65) with quadruple-ruled and sepia wash borders on laid paper (284 x 469, 280 x 470, 280 x 467) (66) pen and sepia washes, shaded with triple-ruled border on laid paper (235 x 410)
Hand
(63-65) Frederick Meyer (1775-?, pupil April 1791-1796) (66) Thomas Jeans (c.1775-1866, pupil August 1792 - 25 August 1797)
Watermark
(63) J Whatman (64, 66) fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W (65) fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, GR
Notes
All these designs (except 66 upper elevation) have a nine-bay front (about 125 feet wide) with a rusticated ground floor having four windows and a door. In drawings 63-65 the principal storey consists of: a tall and pedimented window at each end and in the centre; between them three recessed windows fronted by two columns (drawing 65 with four columns). Drawing 63 has a pedimented three-bay attic, drawings 64 and 65 share the same composition of a three-bay attic with a central tablet adorned with a trophy of shield, lances and flags.
Drawing 64 has two elevations that are the same width (122 feet) as the previous drawings. The bottom elevation is of nine bays with a rusticated ground floor, seven bays of the first floor and pedimented attic floor are fronted by a giant Ionic order that supports a pediment with acroteria and two sculpted figures. The elevation at the top of the sheet is of five in antis bays to the ground floor, a three-bay, blind attic storey with arched recesses containing sculpted lion, unicorn and trophy and above this Boudica with quadriga.
A comparison of elevations with plans shows drawings 30 and 31 with a riverside elevation of nine bays and with two pairs of columns corresponds with drawings 63 and 64 while drawings 65 and 66 with a nine-bay elevation and two sets of four columns correspond with plans 14-18, 26 and 27.
S. Sawyer, 'Soane in Westminster', PhD thesis, Columbia University, 1999, p. 189, drawings 62-66 and p. 195, drawing 66.
Drawing 64 has two elevations that are the same width (122 feet) as the previous drawings. The bottom elevation is of nine bays with a rusticated ground floor, seven bays of the first floor and pedimented attic floor are fronted by a giant Ionic order that supports a pediment with acroteria and two sculpted figures. The elevation at the top of the sheet is of five in antis bays to the ground floor, a three-bay, blind attic storey with arched recesses containing sculpted lion, unicorn and trophy and above this Boudica with quadriga.
A comparison of elevations with plans shows drawings 30 and 31 with a riverside elevation of nine bays and with two pairs of columns corresponds with drawings 63 and 64 while drawings 65 and 66 with a nine-bay elevation and two sets of four columns correspond with plans 14-18, 26 and 27.
S. Sawyer, 'Soane in Westminster', PhD thesis, Columbia University, 1999, p. 189, drawings 62-66 and p. 195, drawing 66.
Level
Drawing
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