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[433] Final design, Court of King's Bench, 30 September 1824
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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 53/4/71
Purpose
[433] Final design, Court of King's Bench, 30 September 1824
Aspect
Elevation and sections of exterior Gothic window to the screen wall of the Court of King's Bench, almost as executed
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Court of Kings Bench / Elevation of One of the Windows. / £ 150.0.0 dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c 30/09/1824
dated in accordance with SM 53/4/70
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, coloured washes of pink and sepia, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (488 x 665)
Hand
Bailey, George (1792--1860), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 30 September 1824 records that George Bailey was About drawings of the / Court of Kings Bench.
The Day Book entry for 30 September 1824 records that George Bailey was About drawings of the / Court of Kings Bench.
Verso
Elevation of an eighteen-bay façade with a rusticated basement supporting an Ionic order above; perhaps associated with the Board of Trade, Whitehall.
Watermark
J Whatman / 1824
Notes
The proposal is far more evolved than that shown in SM 53/4/71, with the geometric form of the window and its moulding profiles derived from Westminster Hall. A headstop (of a demi-figure bearing a shield) is sketched in pencil on both elevation and section. In the inscription the pencil note £150.0.0 may be an estimate for executing the window’s stonework.
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