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Reference number

SM 71/2/62

Purpose

Design for the vaulted ceiling of the Royal Entrance, 2 November 1822

Aspect

Plan of Part of the Ceiling of His Majestys / new Entrance into / the House of Lords; (verso) section through the Court of Chancery

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot; (verso) bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled (in Soane's hand): This drawing to be returned / to the Office, A (twice); (verso) as above, labelled: Floor of Stone Builg, (pencil) 19.9, (pencil) 41.1, 22'3'', Floor of Westr Hall

Signed and dated

  • 2 November 1822
    L.I.F. / 2d Nov 1822; (verso) 19th Octr / 1822

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, pink and sepia washes (verso: pen, pencil, pink and sepia washes), pricked for transfer on wove paper (377 x 507)

Hand

George Bailey (1792 - 1860)
Pupil and assistant August 1806 - January 1837.

Notes

Soane designed Gothic rib vaulting for the ceiling of the Royal Entrance. Some difficulty must have been caused by the curve (on plan) of the arcade. See SM 71/2/63 for details.

Level

Drawing

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

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