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