Visions in the morning of youth and dreams in the evening of life
Architectural Drawing
ca. 1837-1863 (made)
ca. 1837-1863 (made)
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Drawing depicting a number of John Soane's unexecuted designs, including the Triumphal Bridge, the British Senate House and the Earl of Chatham Mausoleum, set in a mountainous landscape. In the foreground are several figures and ground plans of Soane's buildings inscribed on upturned stones.
Object details
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| Title | Visions in the morning of youth and dreams in the evening of life |
| Materials and techniques | pencil, pen and ink drawing with sepia wash |
| Brief description | 'Visions in the morning of youth', pencil and ink drawing with sepia wash, copy by C.J. Richardson after a watercolour by Joseph Gandy, mid 19th century |
| Physical description | Drawing depicting a number of John Soane's unexecuted designs, including the Triumphal Bridge, the British Senate House and the Earl of Chatham Mausoleum, set in a mountainous landscape. In the foreground are several figures and ground plans of Soane's buildings inscribed on upturned stones. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | John Soane RA (inscribed on one of the upturned stones at the lower right) |
| Object history | A copy of J. Gandy's water-colour which is largely devoted to Soane's visionary projects by C.J. Richardson. This drawing was pasted into a copy of Sir John Soane's book Designs for Public and Private Buildings owned by Soane's assistant Charles James Richardson. Richardson built up a large collection of originals and copies (many of which he executed himself) of his master's designs, and distributed the bulk of them into two folio volumes, interspersed with the printed pages of the book. These volumes were bought by the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) in 1863. |
| Production | after an original watercolour by Joseph Michael Gandy |
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| Bibliographic reference | du Prey, P. de la Ruffinière. Sir John Soane: Catalogues of Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1985, p.41, cat.56. |
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| Accession number | 3306:179 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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