Life and Work a Century Ago : an Outline of
the Career of Sir John Soane, R.A., F.R.S., F.S.A. By Arthur T.
Bolton, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., Soane Medallist, Curator of the Sir John Soane Museum. Soane Museum Publication, No. 11. (6d.)
It is not the least quality of Mr. Bolton's pamphlet that it can only be purchased at the Soane Museum. Anything that will draw visitors to the fascinating house in Lincoln's Inn Fields has value in that alone. The Hogarths and the magnificent Canaletto, the Turners and the Watteau seem to be so often overlooked under the impression that the museum is solely architectural. Not only, however, is the collection of wide appeal, but it is also a rare expression of a remarkable personality. Mr. Bolton's sketch of Sir John Soane should stir up our interest, and we can be confident that it is accurate and sympathetic. We welcome this paper, whether as a bait to those many losers who are always
really meaning to go to the Soane ' or as an easy source of information on the man to whom so many others have long been in debt.
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