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Record drawing of the alterations to the House of Lords
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 51/3/63
Purpose
Record drawing of the alterations to the House of Lords
Aspect
Elevation of Gallery
Scale
bar scale of 2/7 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: House of Lords
Signed and dated
- 3 August 1820
3d August 1820
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink, black, yellow ochre, sepia and blue washes, shaded, pricked for transfer with double ruled and black wash border on wove paper (518 x 719)
Hand
Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835)
Pupil January 1818 - March 1824.
Pupil January 1818 - March 1824.
Notes
SM 51/3/63 shows 'Gallery B' as executed. At the top of the drawing is the rough outline of the top of one of the iron columns. The section to the right of the drawing shows the raised platform for the back benches of the gallery. Curiously a painting of the trial of Queen Caroline by George Hayter in the National Portrait Gallery shows the framing as being red and the iron columns and railings as being gilded, whereas in SM 51/3/63 they are untreated and in SM 51/3/60 the railings are directed to be hung with crimson cloth. A drawing at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A 3306.99) is inscribed "House of Lords as fitted up by Sir John Soane for the Queen's Trial", and shows the Lords' Chamber as decorated in red and gold (P. du Prey, Catalogues of Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Sir John Soane, 1985, p. 100 [no. 415]).
Level
Drawing
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