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[275] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of Equity and Barons' Retiring Room, 9 October 1825
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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 53/5/20
Purpose
[275] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of Equity and Barons' Retiring Room, 9 October 1825
Aspect
Plan of the main floor of the Court of Equity, including the Barons' Retiring Room and water closet, with half plan and plan of ceilings, as executed
Scale
to a rough scale
Inscribed
The Court of Equity dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 09/10/1825
Oct[ober] 9th. 1825 / C[harles] R[ichardson]
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pink wash, pen, on wove paper (280 x 214)
Hand
Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 8 October 1825 noted that Charles Richardson was Making Sketches of the / New Courts at Westminster. There is no entry for the 9 October as it fell on a Sunday.
The Day Book entry for 8 October 1825 noted that Charles Richardson was Making Sketches of the / New Courts at Westminster. There is no entry for the 9 October as it fell on a Sunday.
Verso
see separate entry for SM 53/5/20v
Watermark
J Whatman / 1823
Notes
The sheet has clearly been removed 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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