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  • image SM 53/8/4

Reference number

SM 53/8/4

Purpose

[157] Presentation drawing, New Law Courts, before 15 March 1823

Aspect

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

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

At the Treasury / Submitted to the Chanc[ello]r. of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Long, Mr. Herring + Sir R. Giffard - app[rove]d.

Signed and dated

  • before 15/03/1823

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, coloured washes including raw sienna, blue and sepia, within triple ruled wash and sepia border on wove paper (538 x 364)

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
This drawing is annotated in Soane's hand.
Soane Office, draughtsman

Notes

In the inscription, for Mr. Herring [sic] Soane was probably referring to J. C. Herries, Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Sir Robert Gifford [sic] would have attended this meeting in his capacity as Attorney General.

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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