[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
27^th. 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.

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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