Samuel Ware, Alternative design, unexecuted, for west wall of great staircase, Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London: elevation through great staircase, looking west, c.1816.
Pencil, pen and black ink and yellow wash. 472 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Alternative design, unexecuted, for west wall of great staircase, Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London: elevation through great staircase, looking west, c.1816
Samuel Ware (1781 - 1860)
RA Collection: Art
An alternative design to RA 06/4826. This side elevation of the great staircase shows balustrade railings similar to RA 06/4825. The west wall is decorated on the first floor with a large decoratively framed panel to take the Ricci painting and two doors with pediments.
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