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Variant design (section) for the Royal Gallery, 1823
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Reference number
SM 51/2/21
Purpose
Variant design (section) for the Royal Gallery, 1823
Aspect
Section through the Ante-Room, Royal Gallery and basements looking west
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design for the Royal Gallery at the House of Lords
Signed and dated
- 1823
1823
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink, blue, yellow and olive green washes on wove paper (425 x 739)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
The Royal Gallery retains the same basic form and many of the same elements as in SM 51/2/20 - the cubic ante-room with its elaborate door surrounds, the three-bay gallery, the cupola and the clerestory - but there are some alterations. The visible entrance in the ante-room has Ionic columns supporting an entablature topped this time with a pediment with antefixes. In the previous design a pitched roof was shown in outline, but here one of the roof trusses is shown. In the gallery there are now additional columns and pilasters between each bay. The cupola has been altered in line with Soane's rough addition to SM 51/2/20 (dated 16 November 1823). It now has a much shallower dome and uses Ionic rather than Corinthian columns. Over the first and third bays Soane has added domed lanterns above vaulted ceilings.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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