Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Signed in brown ink, lower left: "J Th". Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "1 The Speaker, Chair | 2 The speaker pointing to | 3 Sir Rob: Walpole | 4. Mr Stables ye fifth clerk | 5. Mr [intentional blank] the other Clerk | 6 Coll. Godolphin | 7. Coll Onslows | 8 Sir Ja: Thornhill | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12"; in graphite, centre right: "[...] Thornhill"; in brown ink, lower right: "13 | 14 | 15 |16 |17 |18 |19 | 20 | 21 | 22"; in brown ink, centre right: "[?] AD. 1731"; each figure numbered in brown ink on the drawing; inscribed in graphite lower centre: "Original Sketch by Sr Js Thornhill of the | Picture of the House of Commons painting [lies] | now at Clandon".
Descriptive Medium
Pen and brown ink and brown wash with graphite
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Palace of Westminster, London, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
People & Society