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  • image SM volume 61/110

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.

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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