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Reference number

87/2/55

Purpose

James William Wild (1814-1892), LONDON: No 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, (53-66) Designs for New Students' Room (now known as New Picture Room) & its unexecuted `Pompeian’ decoration, c.1889-91, Plans, ceiling plans, sections & details, Insc: this is the drawing approved by Sir F. Leighton/and subsequently by the Trustees attending the meeting on the/18th July/Arthur W. Blomfield

Aspect

Plans, ceiling plans, sections & details

Inscribed

this is the drawing approved by Sir F.Leighton/and subsequently by the Trustees attending the meeting on the/18th July/Arthur W. Blomfield

Hand

James William Wild (1814 - 1892)

Notes

The New Picture Room ceiling was painted by Alan Dodd in 1992 following Wild's scheme as shown in these drawings, which were approved by the Trustees but not carried out following Wild's death in 1892. For Alan Dodd's drawings see 91/11/1-15

Level

Drawing

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