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[1] Design for the proscenium, 1775; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/85
Purpose
[1] Design for the proscenium, 1775; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a proscenium, flanked by sections of three-storey boxes, and with an architrave ornamented with drops of calyx up each side, and with calyx alternating with miniature rosettes in the lintel, with a central tablet containing a portrait medallion of Shakespeare, flanked by winged figures, and with an apron of drapery
Scale
bar scale of 3 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Method proposed for finishing the Front of the Stage which covers the first Curtain and is never changed, The Apotheosis of Shakespear (sic) / by the Tragic & Comic Muses / Box / Box / Box / Stage
Signed and dated
- 08/05/1775
Adelphi / May 8th 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink and Indian yellow on laid paper (457 x 328)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
Survey of London, 1970, pl. 11a
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Survey of London, 1970, pl. 11a
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
'The Cloud-Capped Towers': Shakespeare in Soane's Architectural Imagination, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 21 April - 8 October 2016
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