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Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843)
A Group of Churches, designed by Sir J. Soane to illustrate different Styles of Architecture
Watercolour on paper
Height: 85cm, framed
Width: 141cm, framed
Depth: 3.5cm, framed
Width: 141cm, framed
Depth: 3.5cm, framed
Museum number: P259
Not on display
Curatorial note
The entry for this perspective in the earliest inventories of the Museum (1837) provides more details: A Group of Churches, designed by Sir J. Soane (1825) to illustrate different Styles of Perspective showing variant designs for the churches of Holy Trinity, Marylebone and St Peter, Walworth and the chapel at Tyringham, Buckinghamshire.
This perspective, drawn by Joseph Gandy, was exhibited at the RA in 1825, no. 902.
A letter from Gandy to Soane seems to indicate that the idea of showing the churches in variant architectural styles on a single sheet was suggested by him. SM Archive, Priv. Corr. III.G.1.53. Letter from J.M. Gandy to John Soane, April 23d 1824. Dear Sir / In the garden of the palace of Oranienbaum near Petersburgh [St Petersburg, Russia] is a Pavillion containing eight rooms each furnished in different tastes, namely Greek, Roman, Saxon, Gothic, Egyptian, Hindostan and Turkish. How would your Church design operate drawn in all these styles. I am dear sir, Your obliged and faithful servant. Joseph Gandy.
This perspective, drawn by Joseph Gandy, was exhibited at the RA in 1825, no. 902.
A letter from Gandy to Soane seems to indicate that the idea of showing the churches in variant architectural styles on a single sheet was suggested by him. SM Archive, Priv. Corr. III.G.1.53. Letter from J.M. Gandy to John Soane, April 23d 1824. Dear Sir / In the garden of the palace of Oranienbaum near Petersburgh [St Petersburg, Russia] is a Pavillion containing eight rooms each furnished in different tastes, namely Greek, Roman, Saxon, Gothic, Egyptian, Hindostan and Turkish. How would your Church design operate drawn in all these styles. I am dear sir, Your obliged and faithful servant. Joseph Gandy.
Exhibition history
Art on the Line: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780-1836, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17 October 2001 - 20 January 2002
Associated items
P269, same subject
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