Design for an entrance to Hyde Park: Elevations next to the road and next to the park, with plan (recto); and Elevations and plans of the gate's and lodge (verso)

Details

Sir John Soane, R.A. (1753-1837)
Design for an entrance to Hyde Park: Elevations next to the road and next to the park, with plan (recto); and Elevations and plans of the gate's and lodge (verso)
inscribed respectively 'Design for an Entrance to Hyde Park' (upper centre, recto) ' : Elevations next the Road' (centre, recto) and 'Elevation next the Park' (lower centre, recto) and further inscribed 'The Woods & Forests' (lower left, verso) and '(Copy) Lincoln's Inn Field Mar:7' (lower right, verso)
pen and grey ink, grey wash
20¾ x 13 in. (52.8 x 33 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Albert Richardson, K.C.V.O., P.R.A., F.R.I.B.A., I.S.A.; Christie's, London, 30 November 1983, lot 89.

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Lot Essay

Lots 28 and 29 were formerly in the collection of Sir Albert Richardson, Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy 1947-60. He was elected Associate 1936, Academician 1944 and President 1954-6. The main thrust behind his collecting was the preservation and restoration of buildings and architectural history. His collection of important architectural drawings was sold at Christie's, London, 30 November 1983. Soane became Deputy Surveyor of the Woods and Forests of Hyde Park in 1795.

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