[369] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 18 November 1826

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Reference number

SM 53/8/45

Purpose

[369] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 18 November 1826

Aspect

Plan and elevation of the north wall of the Court of King's Bench, with curved corners containing entrances from New Palace Yard, and a giant Corinthian order, as part executed

Scale

line scale of ¹/₆ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Elevation of a Design for the North Front of the New Law Courts at Westminster - 1824 - / Westminster Hall / Buttresses dimensions given

Signed and dated

18/11/1826
G[eorge]. W[ightwick]. / Lincolns Inn Fields. / 18. Nov[ember]. 1826.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes of sepia and Payne's grey, pen, pricked for transfer on laid paper (589 x 473)

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
George Wightwick (1802 - 1872), draughtsman

Watermark

W Weatherley / 1822

Notes

The drawing is annotated in Soane's hand with a rough plan of a pedestal for the giant order.

Literature

Sawyer, 1999: p. 566, footnote 1668

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation. This catalogue of Soane’s designs for the New Law Courts was generously funded by The Worshipful Company of Mercers and The Pilgrim Trust.

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