[219] Survey on completion, Court of Chancery, 21 August 1826

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Reference number

SM Vol 61/70

Purpose

[219] Survey on completion, Court of Chancery, 21 August 1826

Aspect

Interior perspective of the gallery, ceiling and lantern of the Court of Chancery looking south east, as executed

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

View of part of the Gallery, and Lantern Light in / the Court of Chancery.

Signed and dated

21/08/1826
21^st. Aug[u]^st. 1826.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, coloured washes of blue, raw umber and burnt umber, within single ruled border on laid paper (280 x 455) on buff sugar paper bound in volume (532 x 341)

Hand

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

Notes

The orthogonal convergence of the right-hand lantern lights has been altered through erasure and pencil sketching. It would appear that one of the prime mullions was misplaced, and this detail remains far less worked up than the rest of the drawing.

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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