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  • image SM 53/8/62

Reference number

SM 53/8/62

Purpose

[398] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, 7 April 1824

Aspect

Exterior perspective of the New Law Courts from the north west, with a Gothic façade to the Court of King's Bench, with square corners and axial polygonal turret, unexecuted

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • 07/04/1824
    7/4/[18]24
    cropped by lower edge of sheet

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, coloured washes of raw umber, sepia and blue, within single border on wove paper (588 x 428)

Hand

Possibly Bailey, George (1792--1860), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 7 April 1824 records that George Bailey, David Mocatta and Charles Richardson were collectively About drawings of the New Courts.
Possibly Mocatta, David Alfred (1806--1882), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 7 April 1824 records that George Bailey, David Mocatta and Charles Richardson were collectively About drawings of the New Courts.
Possibly Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 7 April 1824 records that George Bailey, David Mocatta and Charles Richardson were collectively About drawings of the New Courts.

Watermark

Weatherley & Lane / 1818

Notes

This is a version of the variant shown in SM 53/8/61, with consistent fenestration to the Court of King's Bench west façade (shown in shadow) and a polygonal crenelated turret placed centrally on the north façade. The linking range is of one storey with no entrance to New Palace Yard.

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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