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  • image SM 53/3/11

Reference number

SM 53/3/11

Purpose

[302] Working drawing, Court of King's Bench, c 1823-24

Aspect

Section through the basement and main (ground) floors of the Court of King's Bench, including the north-west corner of the Stone Building, looking north, as originally executed

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c 1823-24
    dated in accordance with known building campaign

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, coloured washes of yellow and orange, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (568 x 511)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Notes

The oculus of the skylight has been cut away and redrawn on a strip affixed to the verso. This section records the final form of the lantern light over the Court room, the termination of which appears to have been revised during the drawing process (compare SM 53/3/1 - 2).

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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