[153] Record drawing, superseded design for New Law Courts, 26 November 1826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 - First Scheme, 1820-26 (13)

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Reference number

SM 53/8/1

Purpose

[153] Record drawing, superseded design for New Law Courts, 26 November 1826

Aspect

Exterior perspective of the New Law Courts and Westminster Hall from the north west, looking south east, unexecuted

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

View of the Front of the New Law Courts &^c. next new Palace Yard as originally designed / in 1821.

Signed and dated

26/11/1826
(26 Nov[embe]^{^r}. 1826.)

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, coloured washes including India red, sepia and Payne's grey, within double ruled border on laid paper (440 x 274)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Watermark

W Weatherley / 1822

Literature

Swayer, 1999: p. 505, footnote 1485

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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