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A selection of parts of buildings, public and private, erected from the designs of J. Soane, Esq. R.A. in the metropolis, and in other places of the United Kingdom, between the years 1780 and 1815
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Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843)
A selection of parts of buildings, public and private, erected from the designs of J. Soane, Esq. R.A. in the metropolis, and in other places of the United Kingdom, between the years 1780 and 1815
1818
Watercolour on paper
Inscription: [Title]· SELECTION · OF · PARTS · / · OF · BUILDINGS · PUBLIC · AND · PRIVATE · / · ERECTED · / · FROM · THE · DESIGNS · OF · JOHN · SOANE · ESQ · RA · FSA · / · IN · THE · METROPOLIS · AND · OTHER · PLACES · IN · THE · UNITED · KINGDOM · BETWEEN · THE · YEARS · MDCCCXV · AND · MDCCCXV · QUONIAM · DIV · VIXIS · E · DENEGATVR · / · OSTENDERE · VOS · VIXISSE · [in gold lettering on a tabula insata, bottom centre]
Museum number: P87
On display: Picture Room - inside planes (by arrangement or on some pre-booked tours)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
For tours https://www.soane.org/your-visit - not all tours show the inside of all planes.
Curatorial note
Architectural composition of framed perspectives and models of designs by Sir John Soane executed from 1780 to 1815.
Exhib: RA 1818, no.915.
See SM 69/5/1 and Vol 60/125 for preparatory sketches.
Exhib: RA 1818, no.915.
See SM 69/5/1 and Vol 60/125 for preparatory sketches.
Literature
J. Soane, Description, 1832, p.xii
Helen Dorey, 'The Historic Framing and presentation of watercolours, drawings and prints at Sir John's Museum', in ed. Nancy Bell, Historic Framing and Presentation of Watercolours and Prints, Proceedings of the Conference of the Institute of Paper Conservation June 1996, pp. 20-31
Helen Dorey, 'The place of models and drawings in Sir John Soane's House and Museum' in Federica Goffi (ed.),The Routledge Companion to Architectural Drawings and Models, 2022, pp. 80-99.
Margaret Richardson, 'Imaginative Compositions' in Margaret Richardson and Mary-Ann Stevens (eds), John Soane Architect: Master of Space and Light, Royal Academy, 1999, p.276 and pp.278-279, cat. no. 210.
Brian Lukacher, Joseph Gandy: An Architectural Visionary in Georgian England, Thames and Hudson 2006, p.136-139.
Helen Dorey, 'The Historic Framing and presentation of watercolours, drawings and prints at Sir John's Museum', in ed. Nancy Bell, Historic Framing and Presentation of Watercolours and Prints, Proceedings of the Conference of the Institute of Paper Conservation June 1996, pp. 20-31
Helen Dorey, 'The place of models and drawings in Sir John Soane's House and Museum' in Federica Goffi (ed.),The Routledge Companion to Architectural Drawings and Models, 2022, pp. 80-99.
Margaret Richardson, 'Imaginative Compositions' in Margaret Richardson and Mary-Ann Stevens (eds), John Soane Architect: Master of Space and Light, Royal Academy, 1999, p.276 and pp.278-279, cat. no. 210.
Brian Lukacher, Joseph Gandy: An Architectural Visionary in Georgian England, Thames and Hudson 2006, p.136-139.
Exhibition history
Metropole London 1800 bis 1840, Villa Hügel, Essen, 6 June - 8 November 1992
John Soane Architect: Master of Space and Light, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 11 September - 3 December 1999; Centro Palladio, Vicenza, April - August 2000; Hôtel de Rohan, Paris, January - April 2001; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 16 May - 3 September 2001; Real Academia des Bellas Artes, Madrid, October - December 2001
Watercolour, Tate Britain, London, 16 February - 21 August 2011
The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 12 June - 19 August 2018
John Soane Architect: Master of Space and Light, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 11 September - 3 December 1999; Centro Palladio, Vicenza, April - August 2000; Hôtel de Rohan, Paris, January - April 2001; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 16 May - 3 September 2001; Real Academia des Bellas Artes, Madrid, October - December 2001
Watercolour, Tate Britain, London, 16 February - 21 August 2011
The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 12 June - 19 August 2018
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