Design for the principal floor, 28 April 1826

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  - London: Palace of Westminster: designs for alterations and additions, 1793-1828 (499)
    - London: House of Lords, Palace of Westminster: alterations and additions, 1817-28 (220)
      - New committee rooms and library, 1824-27 (56)
        Further designs and approved designs for new committee rooms (plans), April-May 1826

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Reference number

SM 51/3/16

Purpose

Design for the principal floor, 28 April 1826

Aspect

Plan of the Principal Floor

Inscribed

as above, labelled (pencil): Lord Chamberlain, 16.0, Waiting Room, Committee Room (3 times), (pen): 24'9'' by 53'9'', 32'0'' by 30'0''

Signed and dated

28 April 1826
LIF 28 April 1826

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, pink and dark pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (514 x 547)

Hand

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

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt

Notes

There are just two rooms on the principal floor and both are committee rooms. The bay window in the room nearest the Painted Chamber was executed between July and October 1826. See also design for the ground floor, SM 51/3/15.

Level

Drawing

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