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Record drawing of a corner of the Ante Room to the Royal Gallery
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Reference number
SM volume 61/34
Purpose
Record drawing of a corner of the Ante Room to the Royal Gallery
Aspect
Interior perspective looking towards the top landing of the Scala Regia with staffage
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, sepia, green, pink and blue washes with raw umber wash border on wove paper (359 x 255), pasted into volume 61
Notes
In the north west corner of the Ante Room the torchère stands beneath a tall round-headed arch that is open to the vestibule on the north side of the landing, at the top of the Scala Regia. From the Scala Regia the arch and torchère composition would have provided a picturesque view into the Ante Room (S. Sawyer, Soane at Westminster, PhD thesis, Columbia University, 1999, p. 435 n. 1294). The vestibule has a groin-vaulted ceiling and an apsidal end. This configuration is mirrored in the south west corner of the Ante Room.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk