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  • image SM Vol 54/16

Reference number

SM Vol 54/16

Purpose

[24] Preliminary survey, Westminster Hall, 24 April 1824

Aspect

Half elevation of the portal of the north façade of Westminster Hall, with section of archivolt moulding

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Entrance to Westminster Hall. / North Front.

Signed and dated

  • 24/04/1824
    April 1824

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, within partial single border on wove paper bound in volume (211 x 281)

Hand

Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 24 April 1824 records that Stephen Burchell was engaged in Sketching parts of Westminster / Hall.

Notes

This series of survey drawings (SM Vol 54/13 - 16; 18 - 19) may have been prepared in response to the Select Committee's criticism of the New Law Courts, and their junction with the north façade of Westminster Hall.

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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