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Architect’s model of the north façade of Westminster Hall

  • Maker

    Possibly made by Walter Edward Barry?

  • Detail

    Wood and painted card, within glazed, wooden-framed case

    60.5 x 54.5 x 19 cm (max.)

    English (presumably London), 1832-33

  • Provenance

    […]; acquired from John Page Phillips, 1987; Clive and Jane Wainwright

  • Inscribed

    ‘This MODEL begun Novr. 1832 finished April 22 1833.’ (inside the porch)

  • Exhibited

    Westminster Kings and the medieval Palace of Westminster, British Museum, 1 November 1995-14 January 1996

    The Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection, H. Blairman & Sons, 21 June – 14 July 2023, no. 3

  • Literature

    John Cherry and Neil Stratford, ‘Westminster Kings and the medieval Palace of Westminster’, British Museum Occasional Paper 115, London, 1995, p. 82

    Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection, London: H. Blairman & Sons, 2023, no. 3

  • Collection

    Houses of Parliament

  • Notes

    The model postdates Soane’s restoration of 1810-20 but differs in minor details from Soane’s façade.

    A closely related model by Walter Edward Barry, dated 1832, is at Wrest Park; it was exhibited in London Stone at Kenwood, Hampstead, 2021-22.  A Walter Edward Barry was Charles Barry’s father, but he died in 1805. Thanks to the Friends of Kenwood for drawing our attention to the Wrest Park model.