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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 51/3/55
Purpose
Design for the galleries
Aspect
Elevation of the proposed Gallery; (verso, pencil) side elevation of a bench or chair
Scale
to a scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: Wainscot (twice, once in pencil) and some dimensions given; (verso, pencil) dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 25 July 1820
(in Soane's hand) 25 July 1820, John Soane Arch
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, raw Sienna, pink, blue and sepia washes, shaded, partly pricked for transfer with double ruled and sepia wash border on wove paper (307 x 476)
Hand
Soane Office
Watermark
J Whatman 1820
Notes
The gallery shown in SM 51/3/55 is on the west side of the House (that is, the right hand side of the associated plans). As per Soane's instructions on SM 51/3/60, the gallery is supported on four pairs of iron columns and hung with crimson cloths. The gallery is 45 feet wide and its floor is 11 feet 6 inches above the ground.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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