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Plan for a Triumphal Bridge, Gold Medal Version

Architectural Drawing
1824-1863 (made)
Artist/Maker
Richardson, Charles James (draughtsmen (technical))
Soane, John (Sir) (architect)
Place of origin
London (made)

Plan for the 1776 design of Soane's Triumphal Bridge.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Architecture
Object type
Architectural drawing
TitlePlan for a Triumphal Bridge, Gold Medal Version (generic title)
Materials and techniques
pen and ink drawing on paper
Paper (Fiber Product)
Pen and Ink
Architectural Drawing
Brief description
Plan for a Triumphal Bridge, C. J. Richardson after a design by John Soane, mid 19th century
Physical description
Plan for the 1776 design of Soane's Triumphal Bridge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.3cm
  • Width: 15.2cm
Dimensions taken from du Prey, P. de la Ruffinière. Sir John Soane: Catalogues of Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1985
Style
Neoclassical
Production typeCopy
Marks and inscriptions
Triumphal Bridge, last plan (inscribed on page, twice)
Object history
John Soane won the Royal Academy's Gold Medal competition in 1776 with his design for a Triumphal Bridge. The original drawings are in Sir John Soane's Museum (Drawer 12, Set 5, Items 5-7); this plan is a copy by Richardson on a smaller scale.

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
copied (reduced size) from a 1776 design by John Soane
Subjects depicted
Bridges
Plans
Associations
Royal Academy
Soane, John (Sir)
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • du Prey, P. de la Ruffinière. Sir John Soane: Catalogues of Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1985, p. 38, cat. 39
  • Soane, J. Designs for Public and Private Buildings, 2d, extra-illustrated ed., London, 1832, title page
  • Kenwood, Iveagh Bequest. Sir John Soane. An Exhibition of Drawings, London, 1956, p. 11, no. 45
  • Pevsner, N. and Lang, S. ‘Apollo or Baboon’, Architectural Review, 104 (1948), pp. 271-279
  • Stroud, D. ‘Soane’s Designs for a Triumphal Bridge’, Architectural Review, 121 (1957), pp. 260-2
  • du Prey, P. de la Ruffinière. John Soane’s Architectural Education 1753-80, New York, 1977, pp. 77-85
  • du Prey, P. de la Ruffinière. John Soane: The Making of an Architect, Chicago, 1982, pp. 77-86
  • Summerston, J., Watkin, D., Mellinghoff, G.T. John Soane, London, 1983, pp. 40-41
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
3306:16

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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