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[28-29] Interior perspectives for the new House of Commons, April 1833 (2)
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM (28) 51/6/26 (29) 51/6/27
Purpose
[28-29] Interior perspectives for the new House of Commons, April 1833 (2)
Aspect
28-29 Perspective Sketch (with staffage) of a Design for a New House of Commons
Inscribed
28-29 as above
Signed and dated
- (28-29) April 1833
Medium and dimensions
(28-29) Pen with brown, grey and blue washes, some watercolour technique on wove paper (29) with multiple ruled borders (290 x 418) (350 x 414)
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
(28) fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below WW
Notes
Drawing 29 is a slightly more finished version of drawing 28. Both show the same design that corresponds with the cross section shown on drawing 25, sharing the same clerestory and the large, shallow-arched Strangers' Gallery with stepped seating behind the raised Speaker's Chair and the Table of the House, which is also seen on drawings 19-21 and labelled thus on drawing 23 though differently located.
Level
Drawing
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