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  • image SM 37/3/38

Reference number

SM 37/3/38

Purpose

[32] Survey, Duchy Court of Lancaster, 9 May 1825

Aspect

Plan and sections of the main floor of the Duchy of Lancaster Court, with furnishings

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 of an inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Duchy Court of Lancaster / Judge / Principal Clerks / Table / Kings Counsel (x 2) /Counsel (x 2) / Privatte Appartments / door / Passage Leading from Westminster / Hall dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 9/05/1825
    May 9th - 1825

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes of yellow and red, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (517 x 627)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Watermark

Smith and Allnutt / 1820

Notes

A perimeter plan of the buildings surrounding St Stephen's Court, to the same scale as this drawing, is given in SM 37/1/26.

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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