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[89] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 27 March 1823
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Reference number
SM Vol 48/44
Purpose
[89] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 27 March 1823
Aspect
Details of the main (first) floor of the Court of Exchequer
Scale
to a rough scale
Inscribed
A
Signed and dated
- 27/03/1823
The date is attributed on the grounds of similar details of the Court of Exchequer on SM Vol 48/42, which accompany the perspective in SM Vol 48/43. The latter view also runs over the gutter onto the same leaf as SM Vol 48/44.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, on wove paper bound in volume (sheet 272 x 211; drawing 272 x 143)
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.
Verso
A very faint perspective sketch of the Court of Common Pleas, looking south west
Notes
These details appear to relate to the perspective of the Court of Exchequer's main (first) floor in SM Vol 48/43. In the inscription the upper detail, labelled A, shows the junction of the moulding under north gallery balustrade with the oak beam carrying the floor of the eastern Record Room. The lower shows the foliate capital, head stop, arch and hood mouldings, of one of the thirteenth-century arches in the Court's south wall. It appears not to belong to the same arched opening as that shown in SM Vol 48/42.
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