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Reference number

SM 51/2/25

Purpose

Design for the entablature in the Royal Gallery, 1 December 1823

Aspect

Detail of Entab[lature] over the Ionic Col[umns]

Scale

Full size

Inscribed

as above, House of Lords / Royal Gallery, 1.1½

Signed and dated

  • 1 December 1823
    1 Decr 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and sepia wash, shaded, pricked for transfer on wove paper (524 x 357)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

The entablature over the Ionic columns in the first and third bays of the Royal Gallery has honeysuckle or anthemion motifs and volutes as well as Soanean ball mouldings that are one and quarter inches in diameter.

Level

Drawing

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