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[161] Presentation drawing, New Law Courts, after 15 March 1823
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Reference number
SM 53/8/8
Purpose
[161] Presentation drawing, New Law Courts, after 15 March 1823
Aspect
Exterior perspective of the New Law Courts from the north west looking south east, unexecuted
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
View of the North & West Fronts of the New Law Courts at Westminster. Design No. 3 -
Signed and dated
- 1823
1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes of raw sienna, Payne's grey and sepia, pen, within partial triple ruled wash and sepia border on wove paper (583 x 378)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Notes
This is a variant of the proposal in drawing SM 53/8/7, taken from the same position. It incorporates the rounded corners to the Court of King's Bench proposed by Sir Charles Long, as an expedient to maintain sight lines of the north façade of Westminster Hall. The drawing is evidently by the same hand as drawing SM 53/3/7, though the palette is slightly cooler. The left-hand edge of this drawing has been painted as an illusionistic curved sheet.
Literature
Wedgwood, 1992: p. 35, fig. 8; illustrated on p. 35
Sawyer, 1999: p. 566, footnote 1667
Sawyer, 1999: p. 566, footnote 1667
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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