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Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843)

Soane office, London: Palace of Westminster, House of Lords, design for one of the rooms, 1794: plan and perspective

Watercolour on paper

Inscription: PART OF THE BUILDING PROPOSED FOR THE NEW HOUSE OF LORDS / THIS VIEW WAS MADE FROM THE DRAWINGS DESIGNED IN OBEDIENCE TO AN ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE / HOUSE OF LORDS SUBMITTED TO BE HONORED WITH THE APPROBATION OF HIS MAJESTY [on a trompe l'oeil stone tablet above plan]

Museum number: P151

On display: Breakfast Room
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house. For tours https://www.soane.org/your-visit

Exhibition history

Visions of World Architecture: John Soane's Royal Academy Lecture Illustrations, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 12 January - 28 April 2007

Associated items

P153, same scheme


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