Sir John Soane's Museum
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Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum, located next to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Holborn, London, which was formerly the home of neo-classical architect John Soane. It holds many drawings and archit
Sir John Soane Museum
For the most part, the museum retains Soane's original crowded "hang", as the Soane Museum Act requires.
The façade of Sir John Soane's House (No. 13) circa 1812. The loggias were later glazed.
The Breakfast Room as shown in The Illustrated London News (1864)
A Rake's Progress
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A Rake's Progress is a series of eight paintings by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. The canvases were produced in 1732–1734, then engraved in 1734 and published in print form in 1735. The
Sir John Soane's Museum
…Riva degli Schiavoni (1736) purchased in 1806 from William Thomas Beckford for 150 Guineas and paintings by Hogarth, including the eight canvases of A Rake's Progress, purchased from the collection of William Thomas Beckford at auction for 570 Guineas in 1801; and the four canvases of the Humours of an Election bought…
The Heir
The Heir (engraving)
The Levée
The Levée (engraving)