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[352] Record drawing, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, 22 March 1824
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Reference number
SM 53/6/11
Purpose
[352] Record drawing, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, 22 March 1824
Aspect
Elevation of the New Law Courts, with the Court of King's Bench with curved corners, and a corresponding Record Building to the east of Westminster Hall, from New Palace Yard looking south, part executed
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
View from New Palace Yard, of the Court of King's Bench as first executed, with a corresponding building / eastward of Westminster Hall to contain the Records of the Exchequer &c &c.
Signed and dated
- 22/03/1824
22d March 1824.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes including raw umber, sepia and blue, within single ruled border on wove paper (573 x 438)
Hand
Bailey, George (1792--1860), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 22 March 1824 notes that George Bailey was working About drawings for the New Courts.
The Day Book entry for 22 March 1824 notes that George Bailey was working About drawings for the New Courts.
Verso
Sketch of a Record Building or Court of King's Bench with the north façade of Westminster Hall on either side.
Watermark
Weatherley & Lane / 1818
Notes
The same variant is shown in perspective on SM 53/6/10. The view is framed by the Thames on the left and Garden Square on the right. The heights of the ballustraded parapets on both proposed buildings has been lowered as the erasures indicate.
Literature
Sawyer, 1999: p. 592; fig. 443
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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