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[272] Survey on completion, Court of Common Pleas, 23 August 1826
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Reference number
SM Vol 61/62
Purpose
[272] Survey on completion, Court of Common Pleas, 23 August 1826
Aspect
Interior perspective of the main (ground) floor of the Court of Common Pleas from the Jury Benches against the noth wall looking south, as executed
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
View from the Jury Box, in the / Court of Commons Pleas. / No. 17 (erased)
Signed and dated
- 23/08/1826
Aug[u]st. 23d. 1826.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes including sepia, raw umber and crimson, within single ruled border on laid paper (282 x 455) mounted on buff sugar paper bound in volume (340 x 533)
Hand
Probably Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843), draughtsman
Notes
A wooden model for the ceiling, omitting the lantern, survives (SM M1179). A separate model for the lower part of the lantern, including the pierced spandrels, also survives (see SM M1454).
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