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Reference number

SM 51/3/55

Purpose

Design for the galleries

Aspect

Elevation of the proposed Gallery; (verso, pencil) side elevation of a bench or chair

Scale

to a scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled: Wainscot (twice, once in pencil) and some dimensions given; (verso, pencil) dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 25 July 1820
    (in Soane's hand) 25 July 1820, John Soane Arch

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, raw Sienna, pink, blue and sepia washes, shaded, partly pricked for transfer with double ruled and sepia wash border on wove paper (307 x 476)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

J Whatman 1820

Notes

The gallery shown in SM 51/3/55 is on the west side of the House (that is, the right hand side of the associated plans). As per Soane's instructions on SM 51/3/60, the gallery is supported on four pairs of iron columns and hung with crimson cloths. The gallery is 45 feet wide and its floor is 11 feet 6 inches above the ground.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk