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