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Reference number

SM 53/5/16

Purpose

[322] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, 3-8 January 1825

Aspect

Section through the main floor of the Court of King's Bench looking north, as executed

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

a (x 3) / a. a. a. the same / Arcitraves put on afterwards / fret / plain (x 2) / 8 consoles / [_] dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 03/01/1825-08/01/1825
    Jan[uar]y 1825. S[tephen]. B[urchell].

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, pink wash, pen, on wove paper (281 x 210)

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.

Verso

see separate entry for SM 53/5/16v

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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