[237] Revised design, Vice Chancellor's Court, 27 November 1822

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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 53/2/46

Purpose

[237] Revised design, Vice Chancellor's Court, 27 November 1822

Aspect

Perspective section through the interior of the main floor of the Vice Chancellor's Court, looking east, showing the lantern and Ionic aedicular gallery, not as executed

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Sketch of a Design for the Vice-Chancellor’s Court -

Signed and dated

27/11/1822
27^th. November 1822

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, coloured washes of red, blue and sepia on wove paper (310 x 361)

Hand

Arthur Patrick Mee (1802 - 1868), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 27 November 1822 notes that Arthur Mee was Drawing plan and Section of the [Vice] Chancellor's Court.

Notes

On this drawing there are sketched lines implying channelled rustication around the right-hand portal.

Literature

Sawyer, 1999: p 534, footnote 1577

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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