Sydney Smirke RA, Design for Royal Academy Main Exhibition Galleries, Burlington House Piccadilly, Westminster, London. Plan for grating. Drawing no. 7, 1867.
Pencil, pen with red and grey washes on tracing paper. 545 mm x 950 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Sydney Smirke RA (1798 - 1877)
RA Collection: Art
545 mm x 950 mm
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