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The architectural models of Sir John Soane: a catalogue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2016

John Wilton-Ely
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This study of the surviving models of Sir John Soane's designs was begun as part of a larger field of inquiry, the history of the architectural model in Europe. However, it soon became apparent that the unique character of this collection merited a separate study of its own. As I grew more familiar with the extent and range of these models the idea of a catalogue raisonee took shape. In the first place, a large number of these works were unknown to visitors to the museum, being in storage due to lack of available space for their display. Secondly, many models contained information relating to the development of certain designs not revealed by the drawings concerned. Finally, there were several models separated in various parts of the museum, the significance of which lay in their relationship to one another.

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Research Article
Information
Architectural History , Volume 12 , 1969 , pp. 5 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain 1969

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Notes

1 SirSoane, John, Lectures on Architecture, 1809-1836, (ed. Bolton, A. T., 1929), p. 191.Google Scholar

2 Wilton-Ely, J., ‘The Architectural Model’, Architectural Review, cxlii (1967), pp. 27–32.Google Scholar

3 Wilton-Ely, J., ‘The Architectural Model: 1 English Baroque’, Apollo, lxxxviii (Oct. 1968), pp. 250–259.Google Scholar

4 Bolton, A. T., The Works of Sir John Soane (1924), p.93.Google Scholar

5 Soane Museum Drawings Collection, dr.49, set 3, No.l; a relevant inscription on sheet 1 is quoted in the catalogue entry for model No.85.

6 Minutes of the Committee of Building, Bank of England Archives, Book No.3, 3 Feb 1825 (p.59); see also catalogue entry for model No.45; Book No.4, 22 June 1831 (p. 155); 29 June 1831(p. 156); 6 July 1831 (p. 157). I am indebted to Mr E. M. Kelley for drawing my attention to these references.

7 A bill for painting one of the Bank models is recorded in 1800; see Bolton, op. cit., p.66.

8 ibid., p.66.

9 ibid., p. 63.

10 ibid., p.61.