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[206] Finished drawing, with preliminary design, Court of Chancery, 8 April 1823
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 53/4/80
Purpose
[206] Finished drawing, with preliminary design, Court of Chancery, 8 April 1823
Aspect
Plans of the main (ground) floor and of the gallery and skylight of the Court of Chancery, with sections of the upper and lower parts of the Court, and detail elevations and section of the gallery balustrade and mouldings, almost as executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plans & Sections of the New Court of Chancery -. / Gallery / Lord Chancellor's Court / Robing Room. / A (x 2) / B (x 2) / dimensions from J. Cook / 5 April 1823 / floor / Making / as base mould[ing]'. inside / Making capping or hand rail / Making [_] Handrail / Plan / 12 April 1823 dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 08/04/1823
8th. April 1823
12 April 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, coloured washes of yellow and pink, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (534 x 737)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane Office, draughtsman
Verso
see the separate entry for SM 53/4/80v
Notes
The sketches of the gallery balustrade and pedestal are in Soane's hand. As realised, the balustrade was not strigilated (see SM P274).
Literature
Sawyer, 1999: p 539, footnote 1591
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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