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View of the Library and Drawing Room in a Villa at Ealing built by Sir John Soane in the years 1801-3
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Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843)
View of the Library and Drawing Room in a Villa at Ealing built by Sir John Soane in the years 1801-3
1802
Watercolour on paper: pen, cerulean blue, Antwerp blue, crimson, Potter's pink, Naples yellow, terre verte, Payne's grey, ochre and sepia washes
Height (frame): 970mm, approximately
Width (frame): 1295mm, approximately
Width (frame): 1295mm, approximately
Museum number: P94
Not on display
Curatorial note
Drawing made for exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1803. Exhib: RA 1803, no.562, described as View of a library now finishing in a villa on Ealing-green. This perspective view of a design, drawn by Gandy, shows interiors at Soane's own villa, Pitzhanger Manor, at Ealing, then close to completion. The fact that it is a design is subtly indicated by framing the view with theatrical curtains.
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 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
Exhibition history
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
Associated items
SM P94, duplicate entry_scheme catalogue
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