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Preparatory sketch of the Royal Entrance, January 1823
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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
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