Vetusta Monumenta (Ancient Monuments) Volume V (5 / Five) Plates XLVII - L | Comprising Plate XLVII: Plan of the Ancient Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament / House of Commons / House of Lords). Notes and Remarks by the Late Mr. William Capon, to Accompany His Plan of the Ancient Palace of Westminster, Measured and Drawn Between 1793 and 1823; Plate XLVIII: The Obelisk at Forres, Morayshire, North Britain. Called Sueno's Stone North Face; Plate XLIX: The Obelisk at Forres, Morayshire, North Britain. Called Sueno's Stone South Face; Plate L: Observations on Several Ancient Swords of State Belonging to the Earldom of Chester, in a Letter From George Ormerod, Esq. Addressed to Henry Ellis, esq.
William Capon 1757-1827 Capon lived in Westminster for over thirty years. He shared the antiquarian interests of his friend and fellow architectural draughtsman John Carter (1748-1817) and both artists made extensive studies of the antiquities of the palace and abbey. Capon was one of the earliest of such draughtsmen to distinguish the architecture of various periods by representing them using different colours. His colour-coded ground plans of the Old Palace of Westminster and the substructure of the abbey are said to have occupied him for thirty years. The plan of the former was purchased by the Society of Antiquaries in 1826 for 120 guineas, and was engraved by James Basire (1796-1869) and published by the society in 1828. [James Whatman
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