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Design for the cupola in the Royal Gallery, 19 November 1823
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Reference number
SM 51/3/55A
Purpose
Design for the cupola in the Royal Gallery, 19 November 1823
Aspect
Plan and section through the cupola
Scale
(pencil) bar scale of 5/12 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(verso) Plans shewing the Seats in the / House of Lords previous to the Year 1820 / and the Galleries erected for the / Trial of Queen Caroline
Signed and dated
- 19 November 1823
(pencil) 19th Novr / 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink, blue, yellow ochre and sepia washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (569 x 355)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
The cupola was designed to go above the central bay of the Royal Gallery. The cupola has eight Ionic columns with dosserets that link them to the outer wall. In between each column is a rectangular window and in the centre of the domed ceiling is a rosette set into a shallow lantern. In rough pencil a torchère has been added between two of the columns.
The sheet was previously used as a folder for the drawings of Soane's designs for new galleries for the House of Lords, erected for the trial of Queen Caroline in 1820 (q.v. London: House of Lords, Palace of Westminster: Alterations to the House of Lords to increase accommodation for the trial of Queen Caroline, 1820).
The sheet was previously used as a folder for the drawings of Soane's designs for new galleries for the House of Lords, erected for the trial of Queen Caroline in 1820 (q.v. London: House of Lords, Palace of Westminster: Alterations to the House of Lords to increase accommodation for the trial of Queen Caroline, 1820).
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk