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[485] Proof engraving, Court of King's Bench, after January 1829
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Reference number
SM 53/8/11
Purpose
[485] Proof engraving, Court of King's Bench, after January 1829
Aspect
Plans of the Court of King's Bench and adjacent offices at three levels; plan of proposed new entrances to New Palace Yard and symmetrical Records building (unexecuted)
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Plate 4. / Plan No. 1 / Part of the Court of Exchequer / The Court of Equity / Vestibule / Entrance into / the Court of / Kings Bench. / Passage of Communication from Westminster Hall / to Saint Margarets Street. / The Bail Court / Part of / Westminster Hall / Entrance from Westminster Hall into the COURT OF KINGS BENCH / Jury Box / Staircase / Attendants on / the / Judges / Retiring Room / for the Judges / Area to Admit Light to the Basement / Entrance for / the Judges / Ante Room / or / Waiting Room / Area / Stair- / -case / Entrance for the / Kings Counsel / New Palace Yard / Ante Room / for the Barristers / Entrance for / Barristers &c. / Entrance for the Public / Area (x 2) / No. 2 / Plan of Basement Story / No. 3 Plan of the First Floor & Attic / No. 4 / Westminster Hall
Signed and dated
- after 01/1829
publication date of 1829
Medium and dimensions
Engraving, on wove paper (282 x 474)
Hand
Attributed to CONEY, John (1786-1833), engraver
Notes
This appears to be an unused proof plate for one of Soane's printed accounts on the New Law Courts. There is no comparable print in either the concise or extended Brief Statement.
Level
Drawing
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