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Reference number

SM volume 49/27

Purpose

Preparatory sketch of the Royal Entrance, January 1823

Aspect

Interior perspective of the King's Entrance looking towards the Scala Regia

Inscribed

as above

Signed and dated

  • January 1823
    Jany 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on wove paper (in sketchbook) (210 x 275)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

Fellows & Sons 1821

Notes

In this drawing the viewpoint is the inside of the arcade of the Royal Entrance, looking towards the Scala Regia which can be made out through a large Classical entrance at the end of the arcade. The rib vaulting of the ceiling is shown in detail in SM 71/2/62-63.

Level

Drawing

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

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