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Surveys of the rooms under the Painted Chamber, 30 March 1827
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Reference number
SM volume 50/3-4
Purpose
Surveys of the rooms under the Painted Chamber, 30 March 1827
Aspect
Plan of Rooms under / the Painted Chamber with (pencil) elevation of a chimneypiece and a round window (labelled 'C'), Section shewing Side A and Section shewing Side B
Inscribed
as above, labelled: Beam (twice), A, B, C, D, (pencil) Partition, Brick / Pavement, Brick, Stone Pavement, Ceiling / gone, Brick, Door, B (twice), Elevation / C, Beam, Ceiling / taken away, This room / had a plaster / Ceiling but / it is now / taken down, somewhat / similar / to B / only larger / & filled in / with stone, Brick, old / stone and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 30 March 1827
CJR / March 30 1827
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, sepia, pink and blue washes on wove paper (in sketchbook) (each page 280 x 214)
Hand
Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871)
Pupil February 1824 - January 1827.
Pupil February 1824 - January 1827.
Notes
The "Section shewing Side A" shows the height of the ceiling in the room under the Painted Chamber to be 8 feet. The plan shows that this room is, in fact, one of several subterranean rooms, several of which have had their ceilings taken down. The spiral staircase in Guy Fawkes' Tower is at the bottom left of the plan. A copy of the plan is reproduced in H. Colvin, "Views of the Old Palace of Westminster", Architectural History, 9, 1966, fig. 104.
Level
Drawing
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