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Design for the Ante-Room, December 1823
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Reference number
SM 51/2/18
Purpose
Design for the Ante-Room, December 1823
Aspect
Plan and Sections of Ante-Room to Royal Gallery
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: House of Lords and (pencil) some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- December 1823
Decr 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pen, light red and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with two fold marks (644 x 530)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
The entrance from the Scala Regia is to the left of the drawing, the Royal Gallery is at the top and the window is at the bottom. The four laid-out wall elevations show a simplified version of the unusual door and window surrounds, described by Dorothy Stroud as "pairs of scagliola columns supporting massive 'pediments' in the form of pierced balustrades" (D. Stroud, Sir John Soane Architect, 1996, p. 216). The surrounds have niches or entrances on either side. The execution of the drawing appears to have been rather hurried as the capitals and columns are not always aligned and the volutes are done very roughly.
Level
Drawing
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