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Reference number

SM 71/2/58A

Purpose

Design for the arches of the Royal Entrance, 25 July 1822

Aspect

Plan, elevation and section of an arch; (verso) plan of the Royal Entrance and detail of the cornice of the screen

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot; (verso) bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

labelled: These to be worked on the inside outside only 27th July and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 25 July 1822
    Lincolns Inn Fields / 25th July 1822

Medium and dimensions

Pen, yellow ochre, black, blue and pink washes, shaded (verso: pen and light red wash), pricked for transfer on wove paper (699 x 556)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

RP 1817

Notes

Alternative designs for the tracery in the four-centred arches of the arcade are shown on the left and right hand sides of the arch. The left hand side has a quatrefoil and mouchettes while the right hand side might be considered to show a later, more complex Gothic style. The screen at the bottom of the arch is to be 'worked on the outside only' - perhaps as a matter of economy. The difference can be seen in the section to the left of the sheet where the back of the screen is flat but the front is carved. The screen was later removed from the design. The blue

'The Gothic window frames are tinted blue to indicate that they were to be cast iron, which would make them cheaper and faster to fabricate than if they were made of stone' (S. Sawyer, Soane at Westminster, PhD thesis Columbia University, 1999, pp. 403-4).

Level

Drawing

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

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