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  • image SM 53/8/29

Reference number

SM 53/8/29

Purpose

[468] Comparative design, New Law Courts, c September 1826

Aspect

Elevation and plan of the north façade of the Court of King's Bench looking south (indicated in wash), with variant Gothic scheme, not as executed, contrasted with Palladian scheme (in wash) with curved corners and offices facing New Palace Yard reinstated, variant of unexecuted scheme

Scale

bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • c 09/1826
    dated in accordance with SM 53/8/21

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes including raw sienna, burnt umber and blue, pen, on laid paper (404 x 287)

Hand

Possibly Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
possibly in the same hand as SM 53/8/21

Watermark

W Weatherley / 1822

Notes

The right-hand Palladian scheme closely resembles that shown in perspective in SM 53/8/19. Its details have been simplified; the ballustrades are omitted and the sculpted relief panels over the curved corner windows omitted. The left-hand Gothic scheme returns to more complex window and hood mouldings than those shown in SM 53/8/28. The plan of the Palladian elevation was originally drawn to the same scale, but subsequently erased. This drawing is distinctive and remarkable for the chromatic depth of its washes.

Level

Drawing

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