Survey of the area between the House of Commons and the Painted Chamber

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- Adam Lee: Westminster, London: surveys and designs for the Palace of Westminster, 1808-23 (9)
  - Designs for a new library, committee rooms and clerks' offices for the House of Commons, June 1821 (copied June 1825) (7)

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Reference number

SM 51/4/8

Purpose

Survey of the area between the House of Commons and the Painted Chamber

Aspect

Plan of the area between the House of Commons and the Painted Chamber

Scale

to a scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

labelled: House of Lords, Lobby, Long Gallery, Engrossing / Office, Painted / Chamber, Cotton Garden (twice), Clerk / of Fee's / Office, House / of / Commons, Roof / Over / Kitchen, Principal Clerk of the / House of Commons, Speakers / Garden, Garden in Front of the Thames

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink, green, yellow and blue washes, pricked for transfer within a double-ruled border on wove paper (559 x 437)

Hand

Possibly Adam Lee (c.1772 - 1843)
Office of Works.

Watermark

W Turner

Notes

The attribution of this drawing to Adam Lee is tentative. It shows the Long Gallery, Engrossing Office and house of the Clerk to the House of Commons, which was proposed to be demolished to make way for a new Commons library and committee rooms. Designs for these new committee rooms, attributed to Lee, are dated "June 1821" (q.v. SM 51/4/2-7).

Level

Drawing

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