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Design for the arches of the Royal Entrance, 25 July 1822
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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).
'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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