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[85] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 27 March 1823
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Reference number
SM Vol 48/27
Purpose
[85] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 27 March 1823
Aspect
Section through the main (first) floor of the Court of Exchequer, looking south, without furnishings, and detail of elevation and profile of doorway moulding
Scale
to a rough scale
Inscribed
Section of the Court of Exchequer / A / Door Brown / springing (x 2) dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 27/03/1823
27th. March 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes of pink and blue, pen, on wove paper bound in volume (272 x 211)
Hand
Arthur Patrick Mee (1802 - 1868), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 27 Match 1823 notes that Arthur Mee was Making drawings of the Court / of Exchequer at Westminster.
The Day Book entry for 27 Match 1823 notes that Arthur Mee was Making drawings of the Court / of Exchequer at Westminster.
Notes
By contrast with the William Capon's view of 1822, the thirteenth-century arches appear more equilateral than segmental (compare Colvin, 1966, p. 38, Fig. 66). The section records the profile of the tester over the Judges's seats, the profile of the clock (indicated by dotted line). The moulding profile of the doorway leading to the Court of Equity (labelled A in the inscription) is also shown.
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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk