[124] Preliminary survey, Court of Chancery, 29 September 1823

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  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
    - Temporary Courts, 1821-24 (14)
      - Lincoln's Inn, Westminster, 1821-23 (4)

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Reference number

SM 37/3/29

Purpose

[124] Preliminary survey, Court of Chancery, 29 September 1823

Aspect

Plan of the Court of Chancery, with furnishings, as accommodated in the Hall of Lincoln's Inn

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Lord Chancellors Court / Lincoln's Inn / Post / Judges Seat (x 2) / Attendants on Lord Chancellor / Table / Attoneys Seat / Table / Court Seat / Counsels Seat (x 2) dimensions given

Signed and dated

23/09/1823
Sept[embe]^r. 29^th. / 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, on laid paper (321 x 204)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Watermark

J Rump / 1822

Notes

This is in same hand as SM 37/3/28. The section records the Court of Chancery's accommodation in the Hall of Lincoln's Inn. Notable are the eighteenth-century plaster ceiling, the arch leading to the Hall's oriel and the three-light windows. The record of furnishings agrees with the depiction in Rowlandson & Pugin's Microcosm of London (1808) vol. I, plate opposite p. 193. The provisions for a water closet are hastily sketched in at the upper-left corner.

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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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