Designs for the Triumphal Arch, March 1829 (2)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Office of Works
  - London: Board of Trade and Privy Council Offices, Whitehall & Downing Street: designs for new offices and scheme for the improvement of Downing Street, 1823-33 (284)
    - Designs for the new government buildings on Whitehall and the completion of Downing Street with a Triumphal Arch, December 1825-May 1833 (100)

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Reference number

SM (276) 49/5/41 (277) 49/5/43

Purpose

Designs for the Triumphal Arch, March 1829 (2)

Aspect

276 Plan of Triumphal Arch; (verso) plan and sections of an unidentified staircase 277 Front elevation; (verso) part elevation of George Sampson's Bank of England

Scale

(276) bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot (277) bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

276 (verso): Spring - top / of Stone Cill and dimensions given 277 some dimensions given

Signed and dated

(276) (pencil) 1^st March 1829 (277) (pencil) March 28^th 182- (cut off)

Medium and dimensions

(276) Pen, pink and blue washes, (verso) pen, grey, light red and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (448 x 540) (277) pencil, sepia, burnt Sienna and pink washes, pricked for transfer on two sheets of wove paper, affixed (528 x 534)

Hand

(276) Charles James Richardson (1809-71, pupil and assistant 1824-1837) (277) Soane office

Notes

In contrast to earlier drawings (for example, drawings 255-257), the Triumphal Arch has been extended westwards making the apertures on the short north and south sides of the Arch off-centre (drawing 276). Drawing 277 is a rough design which makes it difficult to interpret the ornamentation of the Arch. The Arch is crowned by an equestrian statue of King George IV in Roman costume. It is implied that there are inscriptions in the attic panel, but on earlier designs this space has a carved relief.
The verso of drawing 277 has been catalogued with the other drawings for the Bank of England (q.v. Soane: Bank of England: Bank of England: 1817-1833 Rebuilding of offices: East, South and West facades).

Drawer 277 was identified by Richard Garnier in November 1998.

Level

Drawing

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