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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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