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[1] Design for elevation to Old Palace Yard
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Reference number
SM 37/4/1
Purpose
[1] Design for elevation to Old Palace Yard
Aspect
Part elevation
Scale
bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(later hand) No 1
Signed and dated
- 1733
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia (brown) wash on laid paper, bound in volume (320 x 467)
Hand
Stephen Wright - 1780)
Notes
This part elevation by Kent closely relates to a complete, alternative version at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A 3518.9; Salmon, fig. 13.17), which itself relates to a design by Lord Burlington (TNA, WORK 29/3358 (21); Salmon, fig. 13.18). Together these drawings represent the earliest designs for a new Parliament House.
Drawing [1] features a Composite colonnade with a projecting, octastyle portico with pediment, behind which is the dome that gives the first scheme its name. In contrast to the design at the V&A, this one has statuary above the balustrade (as in Burlington's design) and introduces a mezzanine level within the basement.
(Salmon, pp. 330-31)
Drawing [1] features a Composite colonnade with a projecting, octastyle portico with pediment, behind which is the dome that gives the first scheme its name. In contrast to the design at the V&A, this one has statuary above the balustrade (as in Burlington's design) and introduces a mezzanine level within the basement.
(Salmon, pp. 330-31)
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
William Kent 1685-1748: A Poet on Paper, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 October - 19 December 1998
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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