House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London: the debating chamber with galleries supported by slender iron pillars, adorned with Corinthian capitals and sconces

RIBA Ref No RIBA15440

Architect/Designer	Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)
Artist/Photographer	Pugin, Augustus Charles (c. 1769-1832) \| Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1690
Image Date	1808
View	Interior
Medium	Print
Library Reference	EW E.e.315/1
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Colour
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Columns ; Parliament buildings ; Balconies ; Capitals ; Politicians

SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. I, pl. 21 NOTES: In the reign of Queen Anne, Wren was commissioned to build galleries in the chamber, the former St Stephen's Chapel, to accomodate the new Scottish members.

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