The House of Lords (original) (raw)

The House of Lords

London

Image and text scanned by Nathalie Chevalier.

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The House of Lords, decorated in the richest Gothic style, is 90 feet long, 45 feet broad, and 48 feet high, and seats 550 Members. The magnificent new Thrones of the King and Queen are at the South end of the Hall, and directly in front of the thrones may be seen the Woolsack. The twelve fine stained glass windows contain portraits of all the Kings and Queens of England since the Conquest. [text accompanying photograph]

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The volume containing these images by an unidentified photographer bears the imprint "With H. and C. F. Feist's compliments" but no name, date, or place of publication, though the Feists were dealers in port wine, and Plate 30 demonstrates that the photograph must have been taken after 1902, and John R. Mendel offers evidence that it dates before mid-1906 [GPL].

Last modified 7 November 2003