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Design for the principal floor, 1 July 1825
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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.
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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