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[120] Preliminary survey, Sessions House, Clerkenwell, 24 May 1821
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Reference number
SM 37/3/30
Purpose
[120] Preliminary survey, Sessions House, Clerkenwell, 24 May 1821
Aspect
Plan of the main floor of the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, with furnishings
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Plan of the Court of the Sessions House / Clerkenwell / Step / [_] / desk (x 4) / Table / wall / Fixed, Table / coin [_] / step / Jury / wall / 18 steps / Passage / Fixed Bar / step dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 24/05/1821
24th. May 1821
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, on laid paper (202 x 322)
Hand
Possibly Arthur Patrick Mee (1802 - 1868), draughtsman
The Day Book entries for 24 May 1821 note that Arthur Mee and Charles Papendiek were Taking [a] plan of the / Court of the Sessions House / Clerkenwell.
Possibly Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835), draughtsman
The Day Book entries for 24 May 1821 note that Arthur Mee and Charles Papendiek were Taking [a] plan of the / Court of the Sessions House / Clerkenwell.
The Day Book entries for 24 May 1821 note that Arthur Mee and Charles Papendiek were Taking [a] plan of the / Court of the Sessions House / Clerkenwell.
Possibly Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835), draughtsman
The Day Book entries for 24 May 1821 note that Arthur Mee and Charles Papendiek were Taking [a] plan of the / Court of the Sessions House / Clerkenwell.
Watermark
Britannia in an oval topped by St Edward's Crown
Literature
Sawyer, 1999: p. 500; footnote 1471
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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