Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir John Soane, 1753–1837, British
Title:
Sketch of a Half-Facade for a Royal Palace, Hyde Park, London
Date:
ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash, gray wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (8.9 x 21.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center, "Palace @ Sketch of [...] J Soane"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5595
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
palace | domes | chimneys (architectural elements) | doors | pediments | columns | stairs | architectural subject
Associated Places:
London | Hyde Park | England | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
Publications:
Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey, John Soane's architectural education [PhD Dissertation, Princeton University], Princeton, 1972, pp. 145-9, Film B62 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 146, no. 124, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)

Eric R. Wolterstorff, British architectural drawings, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn., 1982, p. 23, no. 34, V 0251 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14954