[307] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 1824-25

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
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Reference number

SM 53/3/9

Purpose

[307] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 1824-25

Aspect

Sections through the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench, showing variant treatments of the lateral walls, and the east wall, as originally executed

Scale

bar scale of ¹/₄ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Sections of the Court of King's Bench - as originally designed. / 1824 / top of back seat.

Signed and dated

1824-25

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes of yellow, pink, blue and red, pen, pricked for transfer on laid paper (587 x 415)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

W Weatherley / 1822

Notes

In the inscription,"1824" may well refer to the date when this design for the Court of King's Bench's interior was settled, rather than date the drawing itself.

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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