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[368] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 6 November 1826
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Reference number
SM 53/3/27
Purpose
[368] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 6 November 1826
Aspect
Plan of the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench, with furnishings, and adjacent offices, showing the linking range to Westminster Hall and the New Palace Yard façade with curved corners, including flyer for variant square corner at the north-east angle, as originally executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
New Law Courts at Westminster. / Design for the Court of King's Bench, and the Rooms and Offices appertaining thereto. / Attornies / Desk (x 2) / Flap / Jury Box / Kings Counsel / Seat (x 3) / Seat 1 / Seat 2 / Seat 3 / Seat 4 / Seat 5 / Seat 6 / Seat 7 / Tribunal dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 06/11/1826
L[incoln's]. I[nn]. F[ields]. / 6 Nov[ember]: 1826
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, coloured washes of yellow, brown and pink, pen, pink pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (865 x 524); flyer (93 x 119)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt / 1823
Notes
The sheet has an affixed strip on the left-edge (270 x 523mm). The date, given twice, is in Soane's hand and may post-date the execution of the drawing.
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