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[92] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 27 March 1823
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Reference number
SM Vol 48/40
Purpose
[92] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 27 March 1823
Aspect
Elevation of a clock on the main (first) floor of the Court of Exchequer
Scale
to a rough scale
Inscribed
Elevation of a Clock in the Court of Exchequer / Line of Cornice
Signed and dated
- 27/03/1823
27th. March 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, on wove paper bound in volume (211 x 271)
Hand
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
The clock shown in this drawing was placed above the cornice on the eastern wall of the Court of Exchequer. It is shown in position in SM Vol 48/43. The latter drawing indicates it was surrounded by a raised square area of plaster topped by a pediment. The rectangular pendulum case was supported on a moulded bracket, with an oculus for viewing the pendulum, supporting carved foliage fronds on either side. The dial was enclosed in a moulded frame, carrying three flaming urns, rising to a semi-circular tympanum over the centre. This drawing makes clear it is the work of a London clock maker, and on stylistic grounds appears to date from the later seventeenth century. The mechanism was presumably wound from the Record room above the eastern part of the Courtroom.
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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