[81-83] Sectional designs (3)

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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: Palace of Westminster: designs for alterations and additions, 1793-1828 (499)
    - London: House of Lords, Palace of Westminster: official (mostly domeless) designs, July 1794 - February 1795 (134)

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Reference number

SM (81) 36/4/18 (82) 36/4/5 (83) 36/4/17

Purpose

[81-83] Sectional designs (3)

Aspect

81 Two cross sections and a longitudinal section 82 Two cross sections corresponding with drawing 81 83 Longitudinal section with domed Painted Chamber, verso, two rough part-elevations by Soane

Scale

(81) bar scale of 1/17 inch to 1 foot (82) bar scale of 1/15 inch to 1 foot (83) bar scale of 1/15 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(81) feint pencil dimensions (83) The Section of a Design to render the House of Lords and the Rooms and Offices appertaining thereto more commodious and, verso (Soane) Triumphal / Arch of ? Titus or / ---- ----- (illegible)

Medium and dimensions

(81) Pen, pencil, sepia, light blue and pale yellow washes, shaded with triple-ruled and black wash border on wove paper (683 x 479) (82) pen, sepia, blue and pink washes, shaded with quadruple-ruled and black and raw umber washes border on laid paper (264 x 417) (83) pen, sepia, light blue and pale yellow washes, shaded with triple-ruled and black wash border on wove paper (461 x 675)

Hand

(81-83) Frederick Meyer (1775-?, pupil April 1791-1796) (83 verso) Soane

Watermark

(82) J Whatman

Notes

The alternative cross sections shown in drawings 81 and 82 are close to each other though, for example, drawing 82 has a window above the throne while drawing 81 does not. Externally each cross section has a pediment fronting the riverside elevation. The longitudinal sections differ so that drawing 83 has (surprisingly) a domed Painted Chamber while drawing 81 has instead a triple-arched arrangement with Diocletain windows for the same Chamber which the majority of the plans (1-51) show as a three-bay vaulted space. All else is broadly similar though with a porch at the left-hand side (westwards into Old Palace Yard) on drawing 83 and a portico on drawing 81.

Level

Drawing

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