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  • image SM 37/3/34

Reference number

SM 37/3/34

Purpose

[126] Survey, Court of Chancery, 2 October 1823

Aspect

Plan of the main floor of the Court of Chancery, with two accompanying sections, as accommodated in the Hall of Lincoln's Inn, as extant

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Lord Chancellors Court. Lincolns Inn. 1823. / Feet / Wainscott about 8'. 6" high / Lord Chancellors Court. dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 02/10/1823
    Lincolns Inn Fields / October 2nd. [1823]

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash ochre wash, pen, on wove paper (672 x 511)

Hand

Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 2 October 1823 notes that Charles Papendick was About drawings for the / new Courts at West[minste]r.

Notes

This is a worked-up version of SM 37/3/29.

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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