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François-Joseph Bélanger (1744-1818): Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, Westminster, 1779
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Drawing. SM 68/5/5. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama
Reference number
SM 68/5/5
Purpose
François-Joseph Bélanger (1744-1818): Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, Westminster, 1779
Aspect
[2] Part-plan and section on a diagonal though one of the 'saloons' at each end of the tripartite gallery
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Coupe sur la Diagonale M.O. d'un des Sallons placés à l'extrèmité de la Galleries / dans laquelle on a representé une Echappée de Vue, sue la Piece du milieu
Signed: Belanger architect
Dated: 1779
Signed and dated
- 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink, raw umber and light blue washes, shaded, multi-ruled border with gold, Prussian blue and black washes (see note to [SM 68/5/6]) on thick laid paper (605 x 495)
Hand
Bélanger
Notes
The three drawings catalogued here must have formed part of a set that would have included the general plan of the gallery. Here, the part-plan on a diagonal line 'M.O'. shows half of one of the end rooms: left and right two Ionic columns support a semicircular arch, that on the right containing a lunette window above an entablature below which is a door while the one on the left is a clear opening with a light coming from an unseen source (the conical lantern). Niches hold sculpted figures and the rich decoration of [SM 68/5/6] is continued.
REPRODUCED. D. Stillman, 'The Gallery for Lansdowne House', Art Bulletin, LII 1970, fig.10.
REPRODUCED. D. Stillman, 'The Gallery for Lansdowne House', Art Bulletin, LII 1970, fig.10.
Level
Drawing
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