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  • image SM 51/2/20

Reference number

SM 51/2/20

Purpose

Design for the Ante-Room and Royal Gallery, 15 August 1823

Aspect

Section through the Ante-Room and Royal Gallery looking west, part-plan of lantern and sketch alternative design for lantern by Soane

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

labelled: Design for the Ante-Room and Royal Gallery - House of Lords, York Landing (twice), Painted / Chamber, (in Soane's hand) ?Bell and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 15 August 1823
    L. I. Fields / August 15th 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink, blue, olive green and burnt umber washes, shaded, pricked for transfer on thin wove paper with two modern repairs (554 x 685)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

This design corresponds with the plan SM 51/2/12. The ante-room has elaborate door and window surrounds. The surround shown in this drawing is reminiscent of a triumphal arch and is topped with a heraldic sculpture. The gallery is divided into three bays. The first and third have shallow-domed or vaulted ceilings with the ceiling springing from Ionic columns. The central bay is topped with a large domed cupola with Corinthian columns. The cupola is shown in a part plan at the top of the drawing. In Soane's hand is another design for the cupola dated '16 Nov 1823' in which the dome is missing.

Level

Drawing

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

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