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Preparatory sketch for a capriccio of the Royal Gallery and Ante-Room as executed, 3 March 1824
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Reference number
SM 71/2/75
Purpose
Preparatory sketch for a capriccio of the Royal Gallery and Ante-Room as executed, 3 March 1824
Aspect
Perspective Sketch of the Royal Gallery in the House of Lords erected 1823; rough pencil elevations of doorways
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- 3 March 1824
3/3/24
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, brown pen, black, blue, sepia, pink, raw umber, olive green and red washes, shaded, with single ruled border on wove paper (447 x 565)
Hand
Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843)
Watermark
Weatherley & Lane 1818
Notes
SM 71/2/74-76 are among the most unusual drawings in the Soane Museum's collection. All three are preparatory sketches for presentation drawings by Soane's gifted draughtsman, Joseph Michael Gandy (1771-1843). Each has elements of Gandy's distinctive sketch style - rough ornamentation and details, liberal use of wash and a highly imaginative composition. The final presentation drawings were not executed - at least, none survives in the Soane Museum.
In this drawing the Royal Gallery and Ante-Room are shown surrounded by storm clouds in another imaginative composition. The Gallery and Ante-Room were executed to the design shown, with sculpture and paintings relating to tales of British valour. Beneath the scene is a banner with text, although it is not known what was intended to be written here. The clouds and skies contribute to the 'apotheosis' of George IV, detailed in S. Sawyer, 'Sir John Soane's symbolic Westminster: the apotheosis of George IV', Architectural History, 39, 1996, pp. 54-76.
In this drawing the Royal Gallery and Ante-Room are shown surrounded by storm clouds in another imaginative composition. The Gallery and Ante-Room were executed to the design shown, with sculpture and paintings relating to tales of British valour. Beneath the scene is a banner with text, although it is not known what was intended to be written here. The clouds and skies contribute to the 'apotheosis' of George IV, detailed in S. Sawyer, 'Sir John Soane's symbolic Westminster: the apotheosis of George IV', Architectural History, 39, 1996, pp. 54-76.
Level
Drawing
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