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| Title | [Drawing of the Entrance to the Chrysotriclinium] | |
| Collection | Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection | |
| Maker | Lethaby;William Richard; | |
| Date | 1889 | |
| Extended Description | Lion in a classical building with arches and columns and two angels with swords hovering above | |
| Id Number Current Accession | F.66 | |
| Id Number Current Repository | 1251 | |
| Location Creation Site | London (probably at 20 Calthorpe Street) | |
| Subject | Lethaby;William Richard; | |
| Material | Black chalk and pencil on laid paper; mounted on secondary sheet of paper. | |
| Notes | This imaginative reconstruction portrays the entrance to the Chrysotriclinium in the Imperial Palace of Constantine in Constantinople (p.68 CSAD Exhibition Catalogue, 1984). Rubens - "In its suggestion of poetry, mystery and awe might is no more fantastic than the verbal descriptions of the building [ . . . ] it foreshadows the coming popularity of the neo-Byzantine style that Lethaby helped, unwittingly, to bring about." |
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| Object Notes | Fantastic drawing of the entrance to an ecclesiatical / religious building. Lion statue before huge columns decorated with various reliefs and figures. | |
| Relation Exhibition | W R Lethaby 1857-1931: architecture, design and education, London, Central School of Arts and Crafts | |
| Relation References | Book: Rubens;Godfrey;, William Richard Lethaby: his life and work 1857-1931, Architectural Press. 1986. Sale catalogue: Christies. 29 October 1991. Article in book: Rubens;Godfrey;, The Drawings of William Richard Lethaby, Object Lessons: Cent |
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| Rights | University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection | |
| Source | Christie´s sale 19th October 1991 (? SRB) | |
| Technique | Black chalk drawing | |
| Work Type | Fine Art | |