Title

'Council Chamber, House of Commons', 1941. Artist: John Piper.

Caption

'Council Chamber, House of Commons', 1941. The Houses of Parliament were damaged by air raids on 14 different occasions during the Second World War. The raid on 10th May 1941 completely destroyed the Commons Chamber. From The Studio Volume 123 [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1942.]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C69_329

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35,8Mb (3,5Mb) / 13,9in x 10,0in / 4158 x 3006 (300dpi)

Keywords

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