[328] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, 15-20 March 1826

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
    - New Law Courts - Second Scheme, 1821-29 (345)
      - Northern Range - Court of King's Bench, 1823-29 (207)
        Original Scheme, 1823-26 (59)
        Survey drawings on completion, 1825-29 (32)

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Reference number

SM 53/5/1/v

Purpose

[328] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, 15-20 March 1826

Aspect

Sections through the main floor of the Court of King's Bench, recording the furnishings and seating, with a detail section of a seat and architrave moulding, as executed

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Kings Bench. / Long Section, Cross Section / Archi[trave] / drawer / Judges Seat / one of the / seats. / seat dimensions given

Signed and dated

15/03/1826-20/03/1826
March / 1826

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, on wove paper (282 x 212)

Hand

Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entries for 15 - 20 March 1826 record that Stephen Burchell was sketching the seating provisions in the New Law Courts.

Watermark

Smith

Notes

The sheet appears to have been detached from a bound volume.

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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