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[90] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 27 March 1823
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Reference number
SM Vol 48/26
Purpose
[90] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 27 March 1823
Aspect
Elevation and section details of the main (first) floor and gallery of the Court of Excheque
Scale
to a rough scale
Inscribed
Court of Exchequer (x 2) / a at large / A / Line of Exch[eque]r. / Pannels Eq[ua]l. / Six pannels / Ground line / Elevation of x. dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 27/03/1823
27th. March 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pink wash, pen, on wove paper bound in volume (272 x 211)
Hand
Attributed to Arthur Patrick Mee (1802 - 1868), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 27 March 1823 notes that Arthur Mee was Making drawings of the Court / of Exchequer at Westminster.
The Day Book entry for 27 March 1823 notes that Arthur Mee was Making drawings of the Court / of Exchequer at Westminster.
Notes
This drawing covers two adjacent leaves and is numbered as if two sheet ( SM Vol 48/25 and SM Vol 48/26). For ease and consistency of reference it is catalogued here as two sheets. The details include a moulding profile of the original thirteenth-century building on this site, a base and plinth elevation of contemporaneous date and an elevation of the corbel table supporting the external parapet of the south wall.
Literature
Colvin, 1966, p.40, Fig. 80.
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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