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[7] Survey of part of the front facing St James's Park
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Reference number
SM 62/6/3
Purpose
[7] Survey of part of the front facing St James's Park
Aspect
Elevation of part of the Front next St James's Park of Buckingham Palace; (verso) design for the ceiling of the Library-Dining Room at 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot; (verso) bar scale of 7/12 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: from Floor to Floor, hight from sill to head (sic) and dimensions given; (verso, pencil): Qy ?Guide, Part ------ (illegible) Arch and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- (verso) 10th July 1832 / LIF
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and blue-grey washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (527 x 742)
Hand
(recto and verso) Soane Office
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1823
Notes
According to M. H. Port (King's Works, VI, pp. 265-6), the elevation of the palace 'owed much to French neo-classical influences, shown especially in the external panels of sculpture,' as well as the colonnaded quadrangle and Corinthian portico-cum-porte cochère. This drawing shows the main, east elevation with paired columns at ground level (baseless Doric) and first floor level (Corinthian). The sculpture, which is not shown on this drawing, would have filled the panels above the windows, below the pediment and within the tympanum.
Level
Drawing
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