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Reference number

SM 62/4/5

Purpose

Survey of the seating arrangements in Westminster Hall for James II's coronation banquet (Copy)

Aspect

Plan of Westminster Hall, plan of the galleries and sections through the hall and the "theatre" looking south
  • image SM 62/4/5

Scale

to a scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

as above, No 5; (verso): Office of Works stamp

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and yellow washes, pricked for transfer within a single-ruled border on wove paper (568 x 595)

Hand

Office of Works

Notes

For the coronation banquet long tables were set up on either side of Westminster Hall leaving a central aisle for the processions including the presentation of the food to the king and queen and the ceremony of the challenge, in which the king's champion invites any challenges to the appointment of the new monarch. The chandeliers shown in the section are detailed in SM 62/4/4.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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