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  • image SM Vol 48/29

Reference number

SM Vol 48/29

Purpose

[81] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 26 March 1823

Aspect

Section through the main floor of the Court of Exchequer, without furnishings, looking north

Scale

to a rough scale

Inscribed

Section of the Court of Exchequer / A / Line of Cornice / roof / West Wall / Record room dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 26/03/1823
    26th. March 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pink and blue washes, pen, on wove paper bound in volume (272 x 211)

Hand

Mee, Arthur Patrick (1802--1868), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 26 March 1823 notes that Arthur Mee was Making Sketches of the old / Courts at Westminster.

Notes

The location of the uncovered Norman window and wall paintings shown in SM Vol 48/10, is shown in section on the extreme right of this drawing. In the inscription, A relates to an elevation detail of the entablature beneath the gallery balustrade, shown in SM Vol 48/30.

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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