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Designs for the ceiling of the dome of the Scala Regia, 31 August 1822
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Reference number
SM 71/2/51
Purpose
Designs for the ceiling of the dome of the Scala Regia, 31 August 1822
Aspect
Plan and Section of Dome of Scala Regia, Section shewing the finishing of Arch and Plan of a finial
Scale
bar scale of 1½ inches to 1 foot, details Half Full size and A Full size
Inscribed
as above, labelled: House of Lords, A
Signed and dated
- 31 August 1822
31st August 1822
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink, sepia and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (732 x 528)
Hand
Arthur Patrick Mee (1802 - 1868)
Pupil January 1818 - November 1823.
Pupil January 1818 - November 1823.
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1817
Notes
The ceiling of the dome of the Scala Regia is scalloped and ornamented with foliate motifs, egg and dart moulding, guilloche and, around the central opening for the lantern, 16 pendants consisting of inverted antefixes with pine cones.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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