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Reference number

SM volume 61/112

Purpose

Design 'No 3' for the interior of the new gallery

Aspect

Perspective of the interior of the buildings between the House of Lords and the new offices fronting Old Palace Yard, View No 3, with (pencil) site plan, plan of the gallery and section through the gallery to a very small scale

Inscribed

as above, labelled (pencil): A, River, A. Kings Robing Room, (pen) 4

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, sepia and blue washes, shaded, with single-ruled border on laid paper (480 x 294), pasted into volume 61

Hand

Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871)
Pupil February 1824 - January 1827.

Notes

In this design the interior of the gallery is divided into three 'bays' separated by screens with fluted Corinthian columns, creating a long enfilade. The main 'nave' of the gallery is bounded on either side by a narrow, sculpture-lined 'side-aisle'. The ceiling is barrel-vaulted and ornamented with rosettes, and incorporates skylights so that the gallery is top-lit.

Level

Drawing

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

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