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[297] Finished drawing, Court of King's Bench, c 1823
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Reference number
SM 53/7/3
Purpose
[297] Finished drawing, Court of King's Bench, c 1823
Aspect
Plans of the Court of Kings Bench, as formerly accommodated in Westminster Hall, temporarily in Westminster Guildhall and in the New Law Courts, all as extant and executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- c 1823
dated in accodance with known building campaign
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, coloured washes of yellow, green and pink, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (732 x 538)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Verso
Preliminary study (in pencil)
Watermark
Smith and Allnutt / 1820
Notes
In the plan for the Court of King's Bench as accommodated within the New Law Courts (shown on the right-hans side of the sheet) the first two tiers of seating are indidated in pencil, suggesting the exact arrangment of this element of the furnishings was still under consideration. All three plans demonstrate the comparative capacities of the three different locations of the Court of King's Bench. That this drawing remains untitled and without annotations suggests it was never presented for discussion. The coloured washes to demark the seating within the Courts tallies with SM P 281-iv/a and SM P 281-iv/b.
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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk