# Interior view

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SOANE, Sir John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/soane-sir-john-r0b1c3ca2abdad0>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

Soane&#39;s commissions up to 1791 had been mainly for country houses. In Wimpole Hall in that year, he first put into practice the idea of top-lighting, a domed interior lit from above, which would become a leitmotif of his work. The photo shows the interior of the Yellow Drawing Room, which is constructed over a square with two lateral apses and a barrel-vaulted long axis. Over the centre space, Soane combined a a pendentive and umbrella dome, which opens into a large glass lantern.

## Related artworks

- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/soane-sir-john-r0b1c3ca2abdad0/exterior-view-ra813d8934c1aaf>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/soane-sir-john-r0b1c3ca2abdad0/interior-view-r56d23f8f42a2e5>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/soane-sir-john-r0b1c3ca2abdad0/interior-view-re3feb0c2c80882>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/soane-sir-john-r0b1c3ca2abdad0/interior-view-re9e8d0fd6ef118>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)