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Reference number

SM 51/3/18

Purpose

Design for the principal floor, 1 July 1825

Aspect

Plan of the Principal Floor / [in another hand - Bailey?] of a Design for New Committee Rooms / for the House of Lords

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled: 53'9'' by 25'6'', 26'0'' by 30'0'', 41'6'' by 28'0'', 27'0'' by 18'3''

Signed and dated

  • 1 July 1825
    Lincolns Inn Fields / 1st July 1825 (twice)

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink and dark pink washes, pricked for transfer with multi-ruled sepia and black wash border on wove paper (534 x 738)

Hand

Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843)
Pupil January 1823 - April 1828.

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt 1823

Notes

The principal floor has four rooms, the largest of which, measuring 53'9'' by 23'6'' is presumably the main committee room. At the top right of the sheet is the outline of Black Rod's house.

Level

Drawing

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