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[219] Survey on completion, Court of Chancery, 21 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 61/70
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
21st. 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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk