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Rough survey drawing of details for the Royal Gallery, 1824
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 51/7/2
Purpose
Rough survey drawing of details for the Royal Gallery, 1824
Aspect
Details and section through an entablature; (verso) detail of an intrados with caduceus motif
Inscribed
(pencil) Royal Gallery House of Lords / (Details) and dimensions given; (verso, pencil) dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1824
(pencil) 1824
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on wove paper (228 x 338)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
On the verso of the sheet is a rough drawing for the caduceus motif (a winged staff entwined with two serpents) at the end of the Royal Gallery nearest to the Painted Chamber, shown in SM 51/2/36. The five-foot thick wall to the right belongs to the Painted Chamber.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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