A view of the House of Peers the King sitting on the throne, the Commons attending him / [graphic]Lodge, John, -1796, printmaker[1769]engAn interior view of the House of Peers, looking towards the King's seat, where he sits in state with officials holding swords and maces around him, peers sitting in benches lining the walls, which are decorated with crests and ships, others in a block in the centre, one standing in the centre foreground with his back to the viewer, holding a scroll in his right hand, and several standing conversing to either side. The throne is shown with a backdrop of a tapestryTitle etched below image.In upper right corner above image: Gent. Mag. Jany. 1769.Plate from: The gentleman's magazine, or, Monthly intelligencer / by Sylvanus Urban. London : Edw. Cave, 1769, v. 39.