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Design for the ceiling of the Ante-Room, 13 December 1823
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Reference number
SM 51/2/14
Purpose
Design for the ceiling of the Ante-Room, 13 December 1823
Aspect
Plan of the Ceiling of Ante Room to Royal Gallery and detail of mouldings in the ceiling marked 'A'; (verso) section through part of the Royal Gallery
Scale
(detail) (Full Size); (verso) bar scale of 5/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: House of Lords, A, Sqre and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 13 December 1823
13th December 1823; (verso, pencil) L.I.F. / Decr 6 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pen, hatching, (verso: pen and pink wash), partly pricked for transfer on wove paper (360 x 521)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
The drawing has a rough quality to it that suggests that it may have been done by Soane but the inscriptions are not in his hand. Jill Lever suggests that the side panels have the shape of a stirrup though without the hinge. Stirrups can symbolise 'rank'.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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