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The Archaeology of a Myth

At various occasions in 1835, English architect Sir John Soane (17531837) circulated amongst his friends and acquaintances a sequence of new Memoirs and biographical addenda to edit the details of his life; documents he got privately printed in limited copies. As he was aging in the last months prior to his death, these revision works may appear as desperate defenses against attacks to his public image, or as anxious attempts to secure the architectural myth surrounding his legacy. For example, Memoirs of the Professional Life of an Architect Between the Years 1768 and 1835 is dedicated to his grandson John, wishing that “success will be to you a stimulus, and my mortifications serve you as beacons.” A few months after, Memoirs of Mr. John Soane, Mrs. Soane, Miss Soane... emerged, which addresses the polemical conduct of his son George, his family tribulations, and also deals with another of his grandson, Frederick. Soane’s mourning of a failed personal history is as clear as his struggle in defining a posthumous self: