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'The Coronation Banquet of King George IV in Westminster Hall', 1821. The two rows of tables on either side of the Hall were occupied by peers. The peeresses and gentry were seated in the two tiers above, and did not take part in the banquet itself. The king sits at the top table, with men on horseback including a knight in armour in the central aisle. The medieval hall was a centre of London life and still stands today.