Sir John Soane's Museum drawings
In 2007 I was very kindly allowed by the then Director, Tim Knox, to draw in Sir John Soane’s Museum on Mondays when it is closed to the public. The drawings shown here represent most of the work that I did at the museum. All the work was done on site including the etchings which represent their subjects in reverse, appropriately for an interior where so much is seen in mirrors. It was a privilege to work in these remarkable spaces.
Stair to Students’ Room charcoal 30 x 22
No. 12 Breakfast Parlour charcoal 30 x 22
Museum Corridor charcoal 30 x 22
Cast of anthemion in Students’ Room charcoal 30 x 22
Cast of acroterion in Student’s Room charcoal 30 x 22
Basement, West Corridor charcoal 30 x 22
Cast: part of pilaster capital charcoal 30 x 22
Students’ Room charcoal 22 x 30
Students’ Room charcoal 22 x 30
Under the Dome charcoal 22 x 30
Dining Room charcoal 22 x 30
Cast of guilloche in Students’ Room charcoal 22 x 30
No 13 Breakfast Parlour charcoal 22 x 30
The Library charcoal 22 x 30
Basement Anteroom conté 12 x 16
Bust of Soane under the Dome pen and ink 11.5 x 16.5
Mirror in the Museum Corridor pen and ink 10.5 x 12
The Sepulchral Crypt graphite 11.5 x 15.5
In the Students’ Room conté 11.5 x 16.5
In the Colonnade conté 12 x 16
Museum Corridor pen and ink 11.5 x 16.5
Lion monopod beneath Soane bust pen, ink and wash 16.5 x 11.5
Casts in Colonnade conté 16.5 x 11.5
Venus of Knidos in Colonnade conté 16 x 12
Museum Corridor from the Colonnade pen and ink 15 x 9
The South Drawing Room graphite 7.5 x 15
Griffin monopod in the Museum Corridor etching 7.5 x 4.5
Vases under the Dome etching 7.75 x 9.75
Sculpture under the Dome etching 9.75 x 7.75