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Design 'No 4' for the interior of the new gallery, 23 February 1828
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Reference number
SM volume 61/113
Purpose
Design 'No 4' for the interior of the new gallery, 23 February 1828
Aspect
Perspective of the interior of the buildings between the House of Lords and the new offices fronting Old Palace Yard, View No 4
Inscribed
as above, 5
Signed and dated
- 23 February 1828
February 23 1828
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, sepia, blue, yellow and red washes, shaded, with single-ruled border on laid paper (480 x 290), pasted into volume 61
Hand
Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871)
Pupil February 1824 - January 1827.
Pupil February 1824 - January 1827.
Notes
A more open interior than the one shown in 'View No 3' (SM volume 61/112), 'View No 4' shows a colonnade of fluted Corinthian columns with statues of kings in between the columns and paintings on the walls. The main gallery and 'side-aisles' are top-lit.
Level
Drawing
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