[75] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 24 March 1823

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Reference number

SM Vol 48/39

Purpose

[75] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 24 March 1823

Aspect

Interior perspective of the main (first) floor of the Court of Exchequer looking west, with furnishings

Scale

to a rough scale

Inscribed

View of the Court of Exchequer / yellow (x 3) / green / white / 2 (x 2)

Signed and dated

24/03/1823
24^th. March / 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes including raw umber, burnt sienna, green and blue, on wove paper bound into volume (271 x 212)

Hand

Mee, Arthur Patrick (1802--1868), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 24 March 1823 notes that arthur Mee was Making Sketches of the old / Courts at Westminster.
The sheet has a curatorial annotation attributing this perspective to Arthur Mee.

Notes

A corresponding perspective view, taken from the north gallery of the Court, is shown in SM Vol 48/33. The perspective appears to be taken from the back of the tiered seating on the Court's eastern side, shown as a section in SM Vol 48/35. Both this and SM Vol 48/39 share recognisable features with the depiction in Joseph Ackerman's Microcosm of London, vol 1, plate between pp. 206 - 207.

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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