Summary of holdings
A summary list of the holdings is as follows:
Egyptian and Graeco-Egyptian antiquities: 38
Greek and Roman marbles including architectural and decorative fragments (candelabra, furniture, ornaments etc.), major frieze and relief fragments, Greek votive and funeral reliefs, sarcophagus fragments, cinerary urns, funerary vases and statuary (including fragments, figures, heads and busts): 413
Greek and Roman bronzes: 31
Greek and Roman terracottas, mosaics and miscellaneous: 47
Greek and Roman vases: 59
Gems (Egyptian scarabs; Greek & Roman provincial, Hellenistic, Etruscan, Roman, Early Christian, Medieval, Renaissance, Neo-Classical & miscellaneous gems): 323
Engraved seals: 202
Medieval objects (including architectural fragments, fragments of woodcarving, tiles, pottery, glass & miscellaneous items): 70
Italian and Northern Renaissance bronzes (figures & plaques): 24
Works by named English Sculptors:
John Flaxman: 55
Other sculptors: 38
Sculpture based on antique or renaissance models (mostly in plaster): 24
Miscellaneous sculpture:
Stone, marble, alabaster, terracotta & Coade Stone: 39
Plaster (including stucco manufacturer’s specimens): 58
Wax: 6 Architectural fragments: Stone & marble: 44
Other materials: 32
Medals (Napoleonic, Soane & others): 166
Ceramics: 39 (this does not include Soane’s domestic china)
Arms: 5
Jewellery: 2
Clocks, barometers & timepieces: 11
Natural objects, curiosities (i.e. fossils, mummified cats &c.): 30
Plaster casts (from antique and renaissance buildings or works of art): 442
Oriental or South American objects: Oriental: 57
Peruvian Pottery: 12
Stained glass: 104 subject panels
Paintings and drawings (excluding architectural drawings):
Oil paintings 16th-19th centuries: 68
Watercolour, chalk, pencil etc.: 266
Miniatures: 4 Oriental (Volume of Indian miniatures: 17th & 18th century): 37
Architectural models:
Models of antique buildings (plaster & cork): 34
Soane models: Bank of England: 44
Other buildings: 84
Miscellaneous models (including full-size models of ornaments other than casts): 100
Architectural drawings and prints:
Bound Volumes of Italian drawings: 1430
Bound volumes of English drawings: 831
Bound volumes of drawings by Adam, Brettingham, Playfair, Rysbrack, Sandby, Reveley, Repton & others: 1,635
Soane drawings (37 Volumes): 2,523
Miscellaneous engravings in volumes: 168
Volumes of drawings from the Office of Robert and James Adam: 8,856
Drawings by Sir William Chambers: 789
Drawings by George Dance: 1,303
Sir John Soane’s drawings (framed and loose sheets - including lecture diagrams): 8,044
Drawings by James Playfair: 286 Miscellaneous architectural drawings and prints: 931
Pennant’s London, extra illustrated copy: 1,531
The Library (including Soane’s wide-ranging collection of early 19th century publications, illuminated and other manuscripts and early printed books): 7,783
Furniture (approximately 325 items)
Soane’s archive of personal and business papers.