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[282] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of Exchequer, 15-22 March 1826
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 53/5/11
Purpose
[282] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of Exchequer, 15-22 March 1826
Aspect
Plan of the main floor of the Court of Exchequer, including the Public Corridor and entrance from Westminster Hall, with furnishings, as executed
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Court of Exchequer - / Attorneys (x 2) / Carpeted / Closet (x 2) / Counsel (x 2) / Cryer / desk / door / Flat (x 2) / Flat Desk / Flat Seat (x 2) / Judges / Jury / Kings Counsel / Kings Remembrancer / Lord Treasurer / No Plinth / Pannelled / with three beads / Postmaster / Seat (x 2) / Students / Submaster / Table (x 2) / Woodline dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 15/03/1826-22/03/1826
March 1826
dated in accordance with corresponding entries in the Day Books
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, on wove paper (283 x 214)
Hand
Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entries for the period from 15 March - 22 March 1826 record six entries when Stephen Burchell was making sketches of the New Law Courts at Westminster.
The Day Book entries for the period from 15 March - 22 March 1826 record six entries when Stephen Burchell was making sketches of the New Law Courts at Westminster.
Verso
see separate entry for SM 53/5/11v
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt / 1823
Notes
The sheet is numbered "11" in red pen at the recto 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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk