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[16] Variant design for the first floor of a new Parliament House
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Reference number
SM 36/2/14
Purpose
[16] Variant design for the first floor of a new Parliament House
Aspect
First floor plan
Scale
bar scale of 5/9 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
labelled: Extends 300 feet - Thames, 232 feet and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1734-39
circa
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia (brown) wash, pricked for transfer within single ruled border on laid paper (379 x 520)
Hand
William Kent (1685 - 1748)
Watermark
IHS / I Villedary
Notes
As well as the changes mentioned in the note to drawing [15], this design shows a rectangular House of Commons with a curved end and two narrow spiral staircases. The apse of the room in the centre of the eastern half of the building is narrower than in the previous design (drawing [12]).
Both drawings [15] and [16] have been taken to suggest a phased construction as the western part of the building is shown in outline only.
(Salmon, pp. 339-43)
Both drawings [15] and [16] have been taken to suggest a phased construction as the western part of the building is shown in outline only.
(Salmon, pp. 339-43)
Level
Drawing
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