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Reference number

SM (101) 36/4/14

Purpose

[101] Design for the interior of the King's Entrance

Aspect

(101) Plan and interior perspective

Scale

plan to a scale

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and sepia wash on coarse wove paper (467 x 285)

Hand

Frederick Meyer (1775-?, pupil April 1791-1796)

Notes

The plan shows three series of five steps with four platforms or landings while the perspective shows a round-arched vault with four compartments. Seven statues on pedestals line this entrance lit by a Diocletian window. See also drawings 102 and 103 for more finished perspectives of the same subject.

Level

Drawing

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