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Copy of a design for new committee rooms as approved, 1826
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 51/3/10
Purpose
Copy of a design for new committee rooms as approved, 1826
Aspect
Plan of the Principal Floor
Scale
bar scale of 1/15 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, New Committee Rooms / House of Lords / (Copy of Design as approved), labelled: about 74'6'' / (within 3''), 12'0'', 14'3'', 6'3'', 4'3'', (pencil) 15, 48'0'', 25'9'', equal (twice), 12'0'', 25'9'', 33'6''
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink and dark pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (305 x 262)
Hand
Soane Office
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1823
Notes
The approved design for the principal floor is the same as SM 51/3/8, minus the additions to Black Rod's house. There are three rooms, the largest of which, measuring 48 feet by 25 feet 9 inches, is presumably the main committee room.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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