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  • image SM Vol 60/82

Reference number

SM Vol 60/82

Purpose

[348] Survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, c September-October 1826

Aspect

Interior perspective of the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench from the east looking west, as executed

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Interior of the Court of King's Bench

Signed and dated

  • 01/08/1826-30/09/1826
    dated in accordance with corresponding drawings sequence

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, within single ruled border on laid paper (345 x 272) mounted on blue sugar paper bound in volume (568 x 398)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Notes

This drawing takes the same vantage point as SM Vol 61/44, but omits the Tribunal canopy and hangings. It is similarly comparable to SM Vol 61/45, but shows the lateral openings in the Court's lower walls consistently. It may well be a preliminary study for SM P281.

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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