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[32] Finished perspective of domed design for House of Lords with pediment, c. 1802
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Reference number
SM (32) P107 (Picture Room)
Purpose
[32] Finished perspective of domed design for House of Lords with pediment, c. 1802
Aspect
32 Perspective of principal front and river front with staffage (figures and boat) and small inset plan
Inscribed
Design for the New House of Lords / This View was Made from the Drawings Designed in Obedience to an Order of the Committee of / the House of Lords and Officially Submitted to and Honoured with the Approbation of / His Majesty
Signed and dated
- datable to circa ? 1802 (see note)
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes (673 x 1028) framed
Hand
? Henry Hake Seward (c.1778-1848, pupil and assistant May 1794-September 1808)
Notes
The principal elevation has the portico crowned by a pediment with the sculpted figure of Boudicca and her chariot with quadriga at its apex. The elevation for this design, (drawing 16) is dated 30 April 1794. This perspective has been attributed to H.H.Seward who was in the office (initially as a pupil) from May 1794 to 1808. Though, for example, the staffage varies there is a similar perspective with inset plan titled 'Design for the intended new House of Lords' in the collection of the Royal Academy where it is catalogued as 'Diploma Work given by Sir John Soane, R.A., accepted 20 March 1802'.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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