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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 71/2/69
Purpose
Design for a Royal Gallery, 1822
Aspect
Perspective Sketch of a Design for the proposed Royal Gallery, House of Lords
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- 1822
1822
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, sepia, yellow and blue washes, shaded, with multi-ruled pink and black wash border on wove paper (374 x 301)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
Similar to SM 71/2/68, in this drawing the gallery has three bays with shallow pendentive domes ornamented with acanthus leaves, scrolls and rosettes, the central dome carries a lantern and the other visible dome has a naturalistic 'sky' painting. However, in this design there are no apses with skylights but instead, large, tripartite windows with Ionic columns and lunettes in each of the three bays. No indication is given of the furnishings of the gallery but presumably it would have contained statuary as in the aforementioned drawing.
Level
Drawing
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