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[20] Variant design for the first floor of a new Parliament House
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Reference number
SM 36/2/12
Purpose
[20] Variant design for the first floor of a new Parliament House
Aspect
First floor plan
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
labelled: (pencil) The River Thames, Westminster Hall, Old Palace Yard, Henry 7ths / Chapel
Signed and dated
- 1739
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (741 x 539)
Hand
C18th hand
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche / 4 / W = IV
Notes
Drawing [18] has a basilical chamber at its centre with a peristyle and apses. This design, however, features a central, octagonal atrium with the new Court of Requests to the west, lobbies to the Houses of Commons and Lords to the north and south, and an open court on the east side, across from which is a conference room.
(Salmon, p. 343)
(Salmon, p. 343)
Level
Drawing
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