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Record drawing of the alterations to the House of Lords as executed
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Reference number
SM 51/3/62
Purpose
Record drawing of the alterations to the House of Lords as executed
Aspect
Plan of the Galleries
Scale
bar scale of 2/7 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: House of Lords and (pencil) some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 3 August 1820
3d August 1820
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink and yellow washes, pricked for transfer with double ruled and black wash border on wove paper (722 x 518)
Hand
Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835)
Pupil January 1818 - March 1824.
Pupil January 1818 - March 1824.
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1817
Notes
SM 51/3/62 shows the new galleries in the House of Lords as executed. 'For the battles over the Great Reform Bill [the Peers] resolved in September 1831 that the galleries put up in 1820 should be re-erected; but in October called for those to be removed, and a new one built across the lower end of the House on a plan of Smirke's [Robert, 1780-1867]' (King's Works, VI, p. 524).
Level
Drawing
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