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[358] Working drawing, Court of King's Bench, early 1824
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Reference number
SM 53/4/76
Purpose
[358] Working drawing, Court of King's Bench, early 1824
Aspect
Plan and of the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench, and adajacent office and corridors, with furnishings shown, almost as originally executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Attendants / Attorneys / Clerks / desk / Flap (x 2) / Jury / Kings Counsell / Seat (x 6) / Seat for Clerks / Students / Tribunall / Scale of Feet dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1824
dated in accordance with known building campaign
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, coloured washes of yellow, orange and blue, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (498 x 720)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt / 1823
Notes
The drawing is annotated in Soane's hand. It is to a smaller scale than SM 53/4/76, showing the New Palace Yard façade with curved corners and four giant order columns. Squared corners have been lightly sketched over these areas in pencil. The staircase behind the New Palace Yard façade has been redrawn further west than its original position. A line scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot appears unrelated to this plan.
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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk