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Survey drawing of the old committee room and lobby to the House of Lords, December 1824
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Reference number
SM 51/2/1
Purpose
Survey drawing of the old committee room and lobby to the House of Lords, December 1824
Aspect
Section through the old committee room and lobby to the House of Lords looking south
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
labelled: Committee Room, Lobby to House of Lords, (pencil) level of street
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes, shaded, pricked for transfer on wove paper (359 x 523)
Hand
David Alfred Mocatta (1806 - 1882)
Pupil March 1821 - February 1827.
Pupil March 1821 - February 1827.
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1820
Notes
The medieval rooms forming the committee room and lobby to the House of Lords are very austere. The lobby has two discernibly Gothic features - the four-centred arched doorway and the pointed-arch leaded lights. To the left is one of the Ionic columns from the Royal Gallery. Remarkable is the steeply ramped 'sill' to the two windows in the 'Committee Room'. The windows are high up in the room, perhaps for reasons of privacy.
Level
Drawing
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