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Design 'No 1' for the interior of the new gallery, February 1828
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Reference number
SM volume 61/110
Purpose
Design 'No 1' for the interior of the new gallery, February 1828
Aspect
Perspective View of the Interior of the Buildings between the / House of Lords and the new Offices fronting Old Palace Yard No 1
Inscribed
as above, No 2
Signed and dated
- February 1828
February 1828
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, sepia, blue, yellow and red washes, shaded, with single ruled border on laid paper (477 x 274), pasted into volume 61
Hand
Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871)
Pupil February 1824 - January 1827.
Pupil February 1824 - January 1827.
Notes
This rough perspective design for the new gallery, labelled 'No 1', shows an arcaded interior with baseless, fluted Greek Doric columns supporting a series of groin-vaulted ceilings. The columns support round-headed arches with eagles in wreaths in the spandrels, so that the design combines elements of Greek, Roman and Gothic architecture.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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