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that as a specimen of bricklaying, plastering, and making up an archi- 
tect’s bill, it is unexceptionable, and there our belief ends. We give 
Mr. Nash’s description of his work :— 
« The grand entrance in front, which is to be reserved for the especial 
use of his Majesty and the Royal Family, will be composed of white 
marble, and will be a faithful model of the arch of Constantine, at Rome, 
with the exception of the equestrian figure of his Majesty George IV. 
on the top. The workmanship of this arch is expected to rival any 
thing of the sort in the kingdom, and to equal the finest works of 
antiquity. From each side of the arch a semicircular railing will ex- 
tend to the wings, executed in the most beautiful style, in cast-iron, and 
surmounted by tips or ornamental spears of mosaic gold. The area, 
within, will consist of a grass-plat, in the centre of which will be an 
ornamental fountain, and the whole will be bounded by a gravelled 
road. 
« The wing on the left will comprise his Majesty’s chapel, the kitchen, 
and other offices ; and that on the right, his Majesty’s private suite of 
apartments. The entrance to the former is from the back, near to where 
Buckingham-gate formerly stood, and it is by this door that the visitors 
to the palace on gala days, will be admitted. Passing through the 
building, they will enter a spacious colonnade, which extends along the 
front of the body of the palace, and in front of each wing; above the 
colonnade is a magnificent balcony, supported by columns of the Doric 
order. At the end of each wing is a pediment, supported by Corinthian 
columns. The entablature of each pediment is tastefully filled up with 
groups of figures in white marble, exquisitely carved in alto relievo, 
illustrative of the arts and sciences. On the extreme points of the wing 
on the left, are fixed statues representing History, Geography, and 
Astronomy; and on those of the right-wing, Painting, Music, and 
Architecture. On the entablature of the pediment, in front of the main 
body of the palace, it is intended to place the Arms of England; and 
on the top are placed Neptune, with Commerce on one side, and Navi- 
gation on the other. Around the entire building, and above the 
windows, is a delicately worked frieze, combining in a scroll the Rose, 
the Shamrock, and the Thistle. 
« The entrance hall is about thirty-three feet in height. The pave- 
ment is of white marble slightly veined with blue. The entire hall is 
bordered with a scroll of Sienna or yellow, centred with rosettes of 
puce-coloured marble, inlaid in the most masterly style of workman- 
ship, The walls are of Scagliola, and the ceiling is supported by a 
succession of white marble pillars. From the hall are the avenues 
leading to the state apartments—drawing-rooms, dining-rooms, throne 
room, statue-gallery, picture-gallery,” &c. 
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