Design for a new Royal Entrance, February 1822

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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: alterations and additions, 1817-28 (220)
      - Royal Entrance and Scala Regia, 1822-23 (68)
        Designs for a new Royal Entrance and Scala Regia, February-July 1822

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Reference number

SM volume 61/25

Purpose

Design for a new Royal Entrance, February 1822

Aspect

Perspective from Old Palace Yard

Signed and dated

February 1822
Lincolns Inn Fields / Feb^y 1822

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, sepia, raw Sienna, blue, black and caput washes, shaded, with multi-ruled caput wash border on wove paper (326 x 400), pasted into volume 61

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

The new Royal Entrance was designed by Soane in a Gothic style with battlements, pinnacles, buttresses and Tudor arches. In this version of the design, the arches are open and have railings. The House of Lords had been re-faced in a much-criticised Gothic style by James Wyatt between 1800 and 1812 and can be seen behind the arcade.

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Drawing

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