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Design for the entrance to the Scala Regia, 4 October 1822
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Reference number
SM 71/2/49
Purpose
Design for the entrance to the Scala Regia, 4 October 1822
Aspect
Section of Entrance to Scala Regia
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: House of Lords, (pencil) 7.0, (pencil) 1.9 (3 times)
Signed and dated
- 4 October 1822
4th Octr / 1822
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink and sepia washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (518 x 732)
Hand
Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835)
Pupil January 1818 - March 1824.
Pupil January 1818 - March 1824.
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1817
Notes
On the left of the drawing is a section looking west, back towards the Royal Entrance. The section on the right is made looking north towards the House of Lords. The design includes typically Soanean features - banded rustication, ball mouldings and a central rosette in the ceiling. The lobby forms part of a transitional area between the Gothic Royal Entrance and the Classical Scala Regia. There are niches for statues in the walls and, in the right hand section, a roundel. The two roundels from the lobby (one shown here and one on the opposite wall) survived the demolition of the Scala Regia and are kept at the Palace of Westminster.
Level
Drawing
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