Oil Paintings on the Public Catalogue Foundation Website

For the first time, the entire oil painting collection of Sir John Soane's Museum has been made available digitally, as part of the Public Catalogue Foundation's efforts to publish the nation's entire oil painting collection online.  The Soane's 77 paintings take their place alongside those in the collection of the other major national collections, such as the National Gallery and the Tate, as well as some lesser known groups in public ownership, such as the Trade Union Council and the Royal Free Hospital, in a project that aims to document and publish the estimated 200,000 oil paintings in public ownership in the UK.  To view the collection, please visit the BBC's Your Paintings website, or to find out more about the Sir John Soane's Museum collections, please visit our Collections pages.  As part of the OUTS project, the Museum plans to make its fabulous collections available through our own website - updates will follow throughout the year.

The Heir by William Hogarth, one of the images now available on the Your Paintings website

Adam Catalogue Launched Online

The Sir John Soane Museum is pleased to announce that the first batch of drawings from the collection of the renowned architects Robert and James Adam have been added to the Collections section of the website.  The drawings are the first batch of 177 from over nine thousand designs which will go global via the worldwide web between now and 2015, as part of an ongoing cataloguing project to provide access to the Museum's key treasures.  To visit the catalogue please follow the link.

SM Adam volume 14/46. Plan of a ceiling for the dining room at Weald Hall, Essex, for Christopher Tower, 1778, as executed. By Courtesy of the Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Museum

Soane in Rome 2012 - Book Now!

SOANE IN ROME, 2012

Demonstrating in the Courtyard of the British School at Rome

19-27 September 2012

Join our study visit and painting holiday in Rome with artist tutor James Willis and accompanied by Beth Walker from Sir John Soane’s Museum.

£1,995 per person including flights
Limited spaces available.
Please see below for how to book your place.

Soane in Rome 2012 retraces Sir John Soane’s steps from the time of his Grand Tour to Rome, which he considered to be the best and most important time of his life.

You will learn about, and work on location at, some of Rome’s most famous and ancient sites, including the Temple of Vesta, the Baths of Caracalla, Ostia Antica and the Appian Way.

Artist James Willis is leading the tour. Beth Walker, Sir John Soane Museum’s Head of Education, will be joining the group to assist with any additional needs you may have.

The weeklong trip will explore the architecture of Rome, which so inspired Soane, through guided talks and tours, daily demonstrations, as well as sketching and painting projects with James.

For more information, please see the attached form