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Reference number

SM 51/3/54

Purpose

Design for the interior of a new House of Lords, 10 June 1825

Aspect

Section through the House of Lords looking south

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 10 June 1825 - 11 June 1825
    10/6/25 and 11/6/25

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (554 x 734)

Hand

Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843)

Notes

There are several differences between this design and SM 51/3/51. These differences relate to alterations made in pencil, possibly by Soane himself, on the earlier drawing. The House has been extended towards the ante-room so that the new interior is 72 feet long (compared to 64½ feet in the previous design) and the attic has been extended over the narrow corridor behind the throne. The throne itself has been given a stepped platform and a canopy. The attic windows have been lowered and enlarged and are set between Corinthian half-columns. The door surrounds have been removed from the design and the ceiling in the ante-room has been lowered. The outline of a hipped roof has been added in pencil over the House. The room in the new design is therefore larger, better lit and more elaborately decorated than in the previous design.

Level

Drawing

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