unknown artist, Survey view of a lobby, Palace of Westminster, undated
- Title:
- Survey view of a lobby, Palace of Westminster
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink on smooth, thin, brown wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/8 × 8 11/16 inches (25.7 × 22.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink throughout, including upper center: "There seems to be light from this top"; pen and brown ink, right: "the window looks out upon | a stone wall, except that | part which is crossed by diagonal | lines, which is sky'; pen and brown ink, left: "all above the cornice is of a dirty stone color plaster"; pen and brown ink, bottom center: "The whole of the lower part is dark oak wainscotting - all beyond the two doorways in stone work - | through the left doorway a winding staircase going up & down, apparently lighted from the top. | The floor covered with rush matting | Sky seen through the small window in right hand doorway."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.22561
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | interior view | survey
- Associated Places:
- City of Westminster | England | London | Palace of Westminster | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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