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  • image SM 51/2/31

Reference number

SM 51/2/31

Purpose

Design for the soffits of the arches under the centre dome, 4 December 1823

Aspect

Details of Soffitte (sic) of Arches under the Centre Dome

Scale

bar scale of 1¼ inches to 1 foot and (Full Size)

Inscribed

as above, labelled: House of Lords - Royal Gallery, eq[ua]l (3 times), A Full Size, A, [?Line of] Centre

Signed and dated

  • 4 December 1823
    Lincolns Inn Fields / 4th Decr 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pink washes, shaded, pricked for transfer on wove paper, lower right hand corner missing (530 x 719)

Hand

George Bailey (1792 - 1860)
Pupil and assistant August 1806 to January 1837.

Notes

The soffits of the arches under the centre dome are more elaborately decorated than the soffits of the arched apertures over the columns (SM 51/2/30). SM 51/2/25 is a detail of the entablature shown at the bottom left corner of the drawing.

Level

Drawing

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

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