Soanes lecture illustrations form an extraordinary archive of graphic output and ideas about the history of architecture and the education of architects. Jeremy Musson reports on a new exhibition that highlights a select few.
SIR JOHN SOANE occupies a remarkable place in British architectural history, both as a practitioner and as a champion of architectural education and professional standards. The son of a reading bricklayer, his 1806 appointment to the royal academy’s (RA) post of professor of architecture marked a critical moment of public recognition. he was knighted 25 years later and, on his death in 1837, left his home to the nation as a museum of architecture.
Soane took his professorial role seriously. his office prepared 1,000 large-scale painted illustrations, which were displayed at his lectures (delivered between 1809 and 1836). Preserved in the Soane Museum’s collection, these lecture illustrations are the subject of a new exhibition curated by Dr Frances Sands. examples have been selected to elucidate Soane’s ideas on ‘ornament’, his own highly individual use of which was a brilliant reinvention of Classical decoration, often distinguished by attenuation and restraint.
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