Survey drawing of the existing Royal Entrance, 16 February 1822

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  - London: Palace of Westminster: designs for alterations and additions, 1793-1828 (499)
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        Survey drawings of the existing Royal Entrance, February 1822

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Reference number

SM 89/3/51

Purpose

Survey drawing of the existing Royal Entrance, 16 February 1822

Aspect

Plan of the King's Entrance / to the House of Lords; (verso) details of a Gothic window, battlements and a finial, and small-scale elevation of one of the walls in the Princes Chamber

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above and dimensions given; (verso) Lead Flat, Cornice and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

16 February 1822
16^th Feb^y 1822

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and pen on wove paper with four fold marks (701 x 580)

Hand

Arthur Patrick Mee (1802 - 1868)
Pupil January 1818 - November 1823.

Watermark

1821

Notes

This part plan shows Wyatt's additions skirting the former Court of Requests in Old Palace Yard.

Level

Drawing

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