Royal Palace
Architectural Drawing
c. 1831-1837 (made)
c. 1831-1837 (made)
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Perspective sketch of the entrance facade of the main pavilion for a Royal Palace with an octastyle portico and a curving carriage ramp.
w/m: JOHNSON & MOLINEUX
w/m: JOHNSON & MOLINEUX
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Royal Palace (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Perspective sketch of the entrance facade of the main pavilion for a Royal Palace with an octastyle portico and a curving carriage ramp, probably done by C. J. Richardson as an assistant with Sir John Soane, second quarter of 19th century |
| Physical description | Perspective sketch of the entrance facade of the main pavilion for a Royal Palace with an octastyle portico and a curving carriage ramp. w/m: JOHNSON & MOLINEUX |
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| Content description | Designs for a Royal Palace, Constitution Hill, were drawn after Soane was named architect of Buckingham House in 1815 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1821, but never built. |
| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Insc. on page Royal Palace and Triangular Palace. (inscribed on page) |
| Object history | This drawing was pasted into a copy of Sir John Soane's book Designs for Public and Private Buildings owned by Soane's assistant Charles James Richardson. Richardson built up a large collection of originals and copies (many of which he executed himself) of his master's designs, and distributed the bulk of them into two folio volumes, interspersed with the printed pages of the book. These volumes were bought by the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) in 1863. |
| Production | This drawing is one of a series of designs by Sir John Soane (on 5 sheets, 3306:26-30) for a Royal Palace, drawn after Soane was named architect of Buckingham House in 1815 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1821, but never built. |
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| Bibliographic reference | du Prey, P. de la Ruffinière. Sir John Soane: Catalogues of Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1985, p.108, cat. 455 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 3306:29 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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