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Reference number

SM 51/4/6

Purpose

Design for a new library, committee rooms and clerks' offices (one pair floor), June 1821

Aspect

No 2 Plan of One Pair Floor

Scale

to a scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled: Solomans (sic) Porch, House / of / Commons, Lobby, Staircase, House of Lords, Long Gallery, Committee / Room / No 1, Library, Closet, Committee / Room / No 2, Painted / Chamber and dimensions of library and committee rooms given

Signed and dated

  • June 1821

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pink washes, pricked for transfer within a double-ruled border on wove paper (533 x 408)

Hand

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

Notes

The one pair floor contains two committee rooms and a large library (65'6'' by 28') with a canted oriel window that faces towards the River Thames.

Level

Drawing

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