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[289] Survey on completion, Court of Exchequer, 12 August 1826
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Reference number
SM Vol 61/57
Purpose
[289] Survey on completion, Court of Exchequer, 12 August 1826
Aspect
Interior perspective of the main (ground) floor of the Court of Exchequer seen from the south-west corner in Public Corridor looking north west, as executed
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
View of the Court of Exchequer, / and the Entrance from Westminster Hall. / No. 12 (erased)
Signed and dated
- 12/08/1826
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Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes including raw umber, blue and sepia, within double ruled border on laid paper (289 x 458) mounted on buff sugar paper bound in volume (340 x 533)
Hand
Probably Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843), draughtsman
Notes
This viewpoint exactly follows a pencil and pen drawing by Charles Richardson in the RIBA Drawings Collection (Soane 4/2).
Literature
Worsley, G. 'Architectural Drawings of the Regency Period, 1790-1827' (Andre Deutsch Ltd, London, 1991): p.41
Richardson & Stevens 1999, cat no 204; fig 44, illustrated on p 43
Richardson & Stevens 1999, cat no 204; fig 44, illustrated on p 43
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
John Soane Architect: Master of Space and Light, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 11 September - 3 December 1999; Centro Palladio, Vicenza, April - August 2000; Hôtel de Rohan, Paris, January - April 2001; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 16 May - 3 September 2001; Real Academia des Bellas Artes, Madrid, October - December 2001
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