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[434] Presentation drawing, alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, before 18 January 1825
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Reference number
SM 53/3/46
Purpose
[434] Presentation drawing, alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, before 18 January 1825
Aspect
Elevation of the linking range between the Court of King's Bench and Westminster Hall, showing the former with three crenelles at its upper level and four at its lower, with the north-west tower of the Hall, as executed
Scale
bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
New Law Courts.- / No. 1. / Tuesday January 18. 1825. / This Drawing was submitted to Sir Charles Long at the Army Pay / Office for his Approbation respecting the Battlements agreeably to the direction of the / Select Committee, / There was also another Drawing No 2. for the same purpose. / Sir Charles having duly considered them both. approved of the / Plan No 1. as best corresponding with the large masses of / the building. / John Soane dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 17/01/1825
Jan[uar]y. 1825
dated in accordance with corresponding Day Books entry
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (509 x 716)
Hand
Possibly George Bailey (1792 - 1860), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 17 January 1825 notes that George Bailey was About Drawings of Church & / Courts.
The Day Book entry for 17 January 1825 notes that George Bailey was About Drawings of Church & / Courts.
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt / 1820
Notes
The central crenelle and merlons to the linking range are shown as the same size (5ft 61/2in. and 3ft respectively) as those on the adjacent tower of Westminster Hall. An alternative proposal (No. 2.) is given in SM 53/3/47. The latter is clearly in the same hand; the draughtsmanship being prefunctory to the point of crude.
This alternative design appears to have been the form as finally built; it is the same form shown in the model illustrating the final form of the Select Committee's design (see SM SC2).
This alternative design appears to have been the form as finally built; it is the same form shown in the model illustrating the final form of the Select Committee's design (see SM SC2).
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