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[323] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, 3-8 January 1825
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Reference number
SM 53/5/2
Purpose
[323] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, 3-8 January 1825
Aspect
Plan of the main floor of the Court of King's Bench, with quadrant of the ceiling showing the cornice and domed skylight, as executed
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Court of Kings Bench / Tribunals (pencil) architraves put on afterwards dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 03/01/1825-08/01/1825
badly-nested close tag: /i
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, on wove paper (281 x 209)
Hand
Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entries for 3 - 8 January 1825 record that Stephen Burchell was engaged in drawing the Court of King's Bench.
The Day Book entries for 3 - 8 January 1825 record that Stephen Burchell was engaged in drawing the Court of King's Bench.
Verso
see separate entry for SM 53/3/2v
Watermark
J Whatman / 1823
Notes
The sheet is numbered 2 in red pen at the bottom recto left-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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk