Sydney Smirke RA, Design for Gallery III, Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London: perspective of gallery looking east, c.1866-67.
Pencil, pen with black ink, coloured washes and gouache. 290 mm x 325 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Sydney Smirke RA (1798 - 1877)
RA Collection: Art
290 mm x 325 mm
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