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[194] Working drawing, Court of Chancery: Lord Chancellor's Robing Room, c 1823
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Reference number
SM 53/4/79
Purpose
[194] Working drawing, Court of Chancery: Lord Chancellor's Robing Room, c 1823
Aspect
Plan and sections through the Lord Chancellor's Robing Room, the Court of Chancery, as executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan and Sections of the Lord Chancellor's' Robing Room. dimensions given
Signed and dated
- late 1822-1823
dated in accordance with known building campaign
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes of yellow, orange and pink, pen, on wove paper (699 x 524)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Verso
see the separate entry for SM 53/4/79v
Notes
There are erased details of incised Greek key ornament, pricked for transfer to a scale of 1/16 inch to 1 foot, and a preliminary plan of the dome for this room on this sheet.
Literature
Sawyer, 1999: 540, footnote 1595
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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