[121] Survey, Sessions House, Clerkenwell, 25 May 1821

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  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
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        Sessions House, Clerkenwell, 1821 (3)

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Reference number

SM 37/3/33

Purpose

[121] Survey, Sessions House, Clerkenwell, 25 May 1821

Aspect

Section through the main floor of the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, with furnishings

Scale

bar scale of ¹/₄ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Section of the Court at the Sessions House Clerkenwell / Line of Floor / Magistrates / desk / Council Table. / Attornies seat / Bar.

Signed and dated

25/03/1821
May 1821

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pink wash, pen, on wove paper (543 x 334)

Hand

Arthur Patrick Mee (1802 - 1868), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 25 May 1821 notes that Arthur Mee was Drawing [a] plan of [the] / Court of the Sessions House, Clerkenwell.

Verso

Rough pencil study of roof structure, unidentified

Notes

The hand and technique on this drawing are more finely deployed than in SM 37/3/32, though clearly related to the same project. The date is in a different hand to the rest of the inscriptions.

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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