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Survey drawing of the State Carriage, 11 September 1822
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Reference number
SM 37/2/14
Purpose
Survey drawing of the State Carriage, 11 September 1822
Aspect
Elevation View of the back of / His Majesty's State Carriage set in rough (pencil) Gothic arch
Inscribed
as above, Entire width of the Carriage / when both doors are open is 11ft 2in, and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 11 September 1822
Sep 11 1822
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and red pen on laid paper (325 x 204) affixed at the corners to a sheet of wove paper (524 x 328)
Hand
C. Hiort (ND, assistant 1822-23)
Watermark
lion holding staff and arrows within crowned oval
Notes
Hiort's drawing of the State Carriage with dimensions relates to the King's request for Soane to add a porte-cochère to the new Royal Entrance. The carriage is shown underneath a Gothic arch (rough pencil) and, according to a note on the drawing, the entire width with both doors open is 11'2''. A later drawing, SM 71/2/77, shows the moment of the arrival of the State Carriage in the porte-cochère.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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