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[252] Survey on completion, Vice-Chancellor's Court, 17 August 1826
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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 Vol 61/64
Purpose
[252] Survey on completion, Vice-Chancellor's Court, 17 August 1826
Aspect
Interior perspective of the main (ground) floor of the Vice-Chacellor's Court from the Public Corridor looking west, as executed
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
View of the Vice-Chancellors' Court (as originally built) looking towards the Tribunal.
Signed and dated
- 17/08/1826
17th. Aug[u]st. 1826.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes including raw umber, sepia and crimson, within single ruled border on laid paper (453 x 281) mounted on buff sugar paper bound in volume 532 x 339)
Hand
Probably Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843), draughtsman
Notes
The large semi-circular headed windows at floor level in the Court's south wall are the only occurance of such features in Soane's design; all the other Courts were lit by lantern and clerestory fenestration. It was lit by an immediately adjacent light well or 'area'. The yellow tinted glazing of the Public Corridor is simialrly recorded, directly over the entrance arch, where the alterating rhythm of wide and narrow panes is enhanced by coloured glass.
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