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Reference number

SM 53/5/1

Purpose

[327] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, 15-20 March 1826

Aspect

Plan of the main floor of the Court of King's Bench, with furnishings, as executed

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Court of Kings Bench - / 2. 8. / how much it curves / A B / Closet / red / red cloth (x 2) / door / G[allery] supports / flap (x 7) / Shleves / taken down / dimensions given (pen) First Sitting 3rd. Feb[ruar]y. 1826.

Signed and dated

  • 15/03/1826 - 20/03/1826
    March 1826

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, on wove paper (282 x 212)

Hand

Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entries for 15 - 20 March 1826 record that Stephen Burchell was sketching the seating provisions in the New Law Courts.

Verso

see separate entry for drawing SM 53/5/1v

Watermark

Smith

Notes

The sheet is numbered 1 in red pen at the top right-hand corner and appears to have been detached from a bound volume.

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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