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Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, Westminster, c.1788-94
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Reference number
SM D3/7/3
Purpose
Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, Westminster, c.1788-94
Aspect
[6] Elevation of wall panel
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(verso) Arabesque pannel
Signed and dated
- c.1788-94
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, sepia, warm sepia, light red, raw umber, burnt umber, blue, scarlet and green washes on laid paper, two pieces joined (400 x 195)
Hand
Dance
Verso
Rough upward perspective of semicircular arch between gallery and exedra (cut). Pencil.
Notes
[SM D3/7/2] and [SM D3/7/3] are, in fact, a single drawing that has been cut in half. Previously unidentified, their style and details correspond to what is shown on [SM D3/3/1] verso and [SM D3/3/5]. The panels are in a Pompeian style and each contains two lunettes, one with a lion and the other with a lioness, and hanging baskets of flowers as well as a rectangular panel each with a dancing female figure. Alternatively designed garlands, drops and drapery fill the spaces in between, and variations of Greek meander decorate the frieze.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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