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[additional] Two designs for the internal layout of the House of Lords, related to drawings 42-43
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Reference number
additionally : SM 51/3/65 & SM 51/3/66 (related to drawings 42 and 43)
Purpose
[additional] Two designs for the internal layout of the House of Lords, related to drawings 42-43
Aspect
Plan showing alternative internal layouts including the benches for the Peers
Scale
bar scale of 1/7 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
labelled: The Throne, The / Lord Chancellor, The Judges (twice), The / Dukes and Earls, The Bishops, The Lords (twice), Black / Rod, (added in penci, 51/5/65l) Dukes, Marquisses & Viscounts and ? Barons
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, some added pencil with double-ruled and sepia wash border on laid paper (266 x 3743)
Watermark
(51/3/66) J Whatman
Notes
The drawings vary in the layout of the benches for the Lords, shallow segmental in drawing 51/3/65 and 'wavey', that is shallow V-shape in drawing 51/3/66.
The drawings are filed among the those concerned with the arrangements for the trial of Queen Caroline in 1820 and thus appear in the Concise Catalogue with the later drawings for the House of Lords. They have now (August 2014) been identified by Tom Drysdale as related to drawings 42 and 43 (16/5/11, 16/5/9) made 1794 to 1795.
The drawings are filed among the those concerned with the arrangements for the trial of Queen Caroline in 1820 and thus appear in the Concise Catalogue with the later drawings for the House of Lords. They have now (August 2014) been identified by Tom Drysdale as related to drawings 42 and 43 (16/5/11, 16/5/9) made 1794 to 1795.
Level
Drawing
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