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[263] Working drawing, Court of Common Pleas, 19 October 1822
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Reference number
SM 53/4/64
Purpose
[263] Working drawing, Court of Common Pleas, 19 October 1822
Aspect
Section through a brick-lined drainage course, running southward beneath the Court of Common Pleas, as executed
Scale
bar scale of 11/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
West[minster]: Hall / Drain from the Court / of Pleas Southward. / 23d Oct[ober]: 1822 / Section of new Drain in Court of Law dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 19/10/1822
J. Fone Oct[obe]r 19th 1822
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes of red and brown, pen, on laid paper (286 x 200)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
Verso
Pencil sketch of battlements
Watermark
J Bugden / 1820
Notes
The drawing is inscribed in Soane's hand, and dated 23 October 1822. The draughtsman, John Fone, served as an additional Labourer in Trust appointed to oversee this project by the Office of Works. He is also represented in drawing SM 53/1/3.
Literature
Sawyer, 1999: p 526, footnote 1554
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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