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Reference number

SM 51/3/46

Purpose

Design for the river front of the new House of Lords, June 1825

Aspect

Elevation of the river front

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and black washes on two sheets of wove paper, affixed (529 x 1182)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

1817

Notes

The front to the new House of Lords facing the river is divided into 17 bays with an octastyle Corinthian portico, above which is a five-bay attic with panel pilasters. The corners of the elevation are both different. The southern corner (left) is rounded and has an ogival cap with a pineapple finial drawn in pencil. The northern corner is angled and has a flat roof, but in a rough pencil plan below there is another design for a projection at the corner with columns.

Level

Drawing

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

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