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  • image SM 51/2/17

Reference number

SM 51/2/17

Purpose

Design for the 'pediments' in the Ante-Room, 29 December 1823

Aspect

Part elevation and part plan of a 'pediment'

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

labelled: House of Lords Ante Room to the Royal Gallery and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 29 December 1823
    29th Decr 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pen, grey and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (570 x 335)

Hand

Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835)
Pupil January 1818 - March 1824.

Notes

In Sir John Soane Architect, 1996, p. 216, Dorothy Stroud described the door surrounds in the Ante Room as "pairs of scagliola columns supporting massive 'pediments' in the form of pierced balustrades".

Level

Drawing

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

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