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  • image SM Vol 61/49

Reference number

SM Vol 61/49

Purpose

[317] Duplicate record drawing, Court of King's Bench, September 1826

Aspect

Interior perspective of the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench looking west towards the tribunal, as executed

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

View of the Court of King's Bench / looking towards the Tribunal. / (as Designed)

Signed and dated

  • 01/09/1826 - 30/09/1826
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Medium and dimensions

Pencil, coloured washes including sepia and crimson, within a single ruled border on laid paper (451 x 277) mounted on buff sugar paper bound in volume (534 x 340)

Hand

Probably Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843), draughtsman

Notes

As with SM Vol. 61/48, the arches of the upper level are shown back-hung with scarlet curtaining to match the upholstery of the tribunal. Artefixes are shown beneath the skylight windows; these are omitted in SM Vol 61/49.

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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