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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.

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