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  • image SM 36/2/2

Reference number

SM 36/2/2

Purpose

[23] Copy of a variant design for the first floor of a new Parliament House and Law Courts

Aspect

General Plan of Westminster Hall, the Parliament House and Law Courts

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

labelled: Palace Yard, St Margarets Lane, Fish / Yard, Court / of / Equity, Judges (3 times), Officers (3 times), Courts (4 times), Court of / Exchequer, Jury (twice), Court of / Common Pleas, Court of / Kings Bench, Court of / Chancery, Lord / Chancellor, Master / of the / Rolls, Masters / in / Chancery, King Henry / the Sevenths Chapel, Old Palace Yard, Parliament Office, Dirty Lane, Coffee Houses, Court of Requests, Gallery, Painted / Chamber, Robing, Black / Rod, Princes / Chamber, Kings / Privy / Chamber, House of Lords, Lobby, Court of Requests, Black Rod / and / Gentlemen / Ushers, Kings / Presence, House of / Lords, Lobby, Vestibule, Lobby, Mr Speakers / Chamber, Waiting / Room, Court, Conference, Court, Black Rod, Robing / Room, Prince / of Wales, Lord / Chancelr, Lord / Treasr, Bishops, Lord / Privy / Seal, Lord / Great / Chamber / lains, Earl / Marshall, Committee (4 times), Lord Halifax's / Garden, Thames

Signed and dated

  • 1 April 1824
    (Copied) 1st April 1824

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, yellow, pink and olive green washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (544 x 748)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

Copy of drawing [22] with alterations to the House of Commons, the Conference room and the fenestration of the Parliament House.

Level

Drawing

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

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