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Design for a proposed new room labelled 'A', July 1822
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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 71/2/65
Purpose
Design for a proposed new room labelled 'A', July 1822
Aspect
View of one of the proposed New Rooms House of Lords
Inscribed
as above, labelled: A
Signed and dated
- July 1822
Lincolns Inn Fields July 1822
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, caput, olive green, yellow and grey washes, shaded, with multi-ruled caput and black wash border on wove paper (352 x 376)
Hand
Soane Office
Watermark
J[ames Whatman]
Notes
Room 'A', the former Prince's Chamber, is at the summit of the Scala Regia and forms part of an intended 'national monument' with paintings and sculpture to glorify British valour (see SM 71/2/84). The paintings shown in SM 71/2/65 illustrate naval and military victories and surround a statue of King George IV.
The form of a square-based shallow dome with a large lantern was typical of Soane and was employed at the Westminster Law Courts adjacent to Westminster Hall as well as at the Bank of England. In this instance the inclusion of windows in the arches of the dome make the room even brighter.
This design was not executed although a new Royal Gallery was built by Soane in 1824.
The form of a square-based shallow dome with a large lantern was typical of Soane and was employed at the Westminster Law Courts adjacent to Westminster Hall as well as at the Bank of England. In this instance the inclusion of windows in the arches of the dome make the room even brighter.
This design was not executed although a new Royal Gallery was built by Soane in 1824.
Level
Drawing
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