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  • image SM 53/8/12

Reference number

SM 53/8/12

Purpose

[443] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, c 11 September 1826

Aspect

Plan of the upper (gallery) level of the Court of King's Bench, the Bail Court and the second floor of adjacent offices, showing skylights of the Public Corridor and ancillary spaces, as executed

Scale

bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • c 11/09/1826
    dated in accordance with drawings SM 53/8/14 - 16

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, blue wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper (298 x 491)

Hand

Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 11 September 1826 notes that Charles Richardson was About part of the plan of the New Courts.

Watermark

W Weatherley

Notes

This is one of the sequence of drawings running SM 53/8/12 - 18.

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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