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Small perspective view of design for new Opera House on the site of Leicester House and Gardens, designed by the architect Robert Smirke
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Robert Dennis Chantrell (1793 - 1872)
Small perspective view of design for new Opera House on the site of Leicester House and Gardens, designed by the architect Robert Smirke
In the 1840 Catalogue of Pictures, George Bailey (Curator, previously Soane's assistant since 1807) lists P402-P404 as 'Three watercolours ...by ... Chantrell, in 1811'. However, if they are the RA exhibts of 1810 this is incorrect.
Watercolour on paper
Inscription: DESIGN NO. II [beneath drawing]
Museum number: P403
On display: Book Passage - light shaft (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
Soane office, London, Opera House, design intended for Leicester House and Gardens site: perspective on trompe l'oeil unrolled sheet of paper curling top and bottom. Exhib: (?) RA 1810, either no.710, 716 or 832. Framed with P402 and P404.
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