Variant design (section) for the Royal Gallery, 25 November 1823

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Palace of Westminster: designs for alterations and additions, 1793-1828 (499)
    - London: House of Lords, Palace of Westminster: alterations and additions, 1817-28 (220)
      - Royal Gallery and Committee Rooms, 1823-24 (66)
        Further designs for the Royal Gallery, November 1823

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Reference number

SM 51/2/23

Purpose

Variant design (section) for the Royal Gallery, 25 November 1823

Aspect

Section of the Ante-Room and Royal Gallery, House of Lords looking west

Scale

bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above and dimensions given

Signed and dated

25 November 1823
L. I. Fields / 25 November 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink, sepia, raw Sienna and blue washes, pricked for transfer on two sheets of wove paper, affixed, with one fold mark (535 x 909)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

This design differs a little from SM 51/2/21. For one thing, in the cupola the entablature is now broken and arches spring from each column. This was hinted at by pencil lines on the previous drawing. A new feature also appears in the first and third bays of the gallery - an opening with coved sides hangs from the ceilings beneath the lanterns.

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Drawing

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