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Design for the decoration of the statue of Eros for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Piccadilly Circus, London
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NOTES: The statue of Eros was designed by Sir Arthur Gilbert and erected in 1893. Elizabeth ascended the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952 and was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953.
Design for an imperial palace for the sovereigns of the British Empire, imagined to be in Hyde Park, London: elevation of one of the facades
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ORIGINAL TITLE: A Geometrical Elevation of Part of One of the Fronts of an Idea for an Imperial Palace for the Sovereigns of the British Empire NOTES: J. M. Gandy produced a series of five drawings exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1824 and 1828 on his ideas for an imperial palace.
Design for an imperial palace for the sovereigns of the British Empire, imagined to be in Hyde Park, London: perspective of a triumphal entrance
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ORIGINAL TITLE: Perspective Sketch of a Tromphal Entrance to Part of the Front of a Design for a Palace NOTES: J. M. Gandy produced a series of five drawings exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1824 and 1828 on his ideas for an imperial palace.
Design for new Senate Houses in St James's Park, London
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NOTES: An architectural fantasy with figures and soldiers lining the carriageway leading to the entrance. In the foreground is a small sketch plan of layout and sketched into the sky in the top left corner are Westminster Abbey and Westminster Hall outlined against the fire which destroyed the Houses of Parliament.
Design for an imperial palace for sovereigns of the British Empire: perspective of one of the courtyards
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ORIGINAL TITLE: One of the Interior Courts of a Design for a Palace NOTES: J. M. Gandy produced a series of five drawings exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1824 and 1828 on his ideas for an imperial palace.
"Experiments in Living" exhibition, Maples store, London: over-bed cloud forms
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NOTES: The exhibition "Experiments in Living" was presented by The Daily Telegraph Magazine and the furniture department store Maples, from 25 September to 2 November 1970. Max Clendinning was one of 8 designers featured and showed his "Expandospace" range.
