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unknown artist, eighteenth century, Plan of Westminster Showing the Coronation Route of George II, ca. 1727
- Title:
Plan of Westminster Showing the Coronation Route of George II
- Date:
- ca. 1727
- Medium:
- Graphite and pen and black ink on smooth, thin, brown wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 13/16 x 18 5/16in. (30 x 46.5cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Buildings and yards labeled throughout, including in pen and black ink, upper left: "The Old | Palace Yard"; in pen and black ink, left center: "The Painted Chamb[er]", "St Stephens | Chapel on | the House | of Commons", "Exchequer | yard or | St Stephens | Court", "West min | ster Hall"; in pen and black ink, center: "Westminster Abby", "The Cloisters"; and in pen and black ink, right center "The Great Sanctuary"; and compass with cardinal directions given
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.22443
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | city planning | coronation | plan (formal concept)
- Associated Places:
- City of Westminster | England | London | Palace of Westminster | United Kingdom | Westminster Abbey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:54997
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