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[225] First design, Vice Chancellor's Court, 30 October 1822
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 53/2/53
Purpose
[225] First design, Vice Chancellor's Court, 30 October 1822
Aspect
Half plan of the gallery floor of the Vice Chancelllor's Court, and corresponding section through the main floor of the Vice Chancellor's Court, looking east, with variant treatment for the ceiling height, the fenstration and the underside of the gallery, not as executed
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan and Section of a Design for / the Vice-Chancellor's Court. / Truth / Justice / Mercy dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 30/10/1822
30 Oct[ober]: 1822
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, with coloured washes of buff, pink and blue, pricked for transfer on wove paper (344 x 520)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane Office, draughtsman
Verso
see separate entry for drawing SM 53/2/53v
Notes
The drawing is annotated in Soane's hand. There are minor variations between the left and right halves of both the plan and section. The former's right side shows the columns supported on beams, rather than (as on the left side) on shallow pendentives, with a large oculus cut into the spandrel. Plinths have also been sketched in pencil at the intercolumniations. These were to carry personfications of virtues. The section shows variants for the larger central portal; either with or without a shallow segmental pediment echoing the curve of the pendentives above. The smaller portals were originally drawn with acroteria; that on the left side also had a segmental pediment. The fascia of the gallery is ornamented with raceme, above which stands an Ionic colonnade with a plain entablature. A candelarbrum or figure has been lightly sketched on the axis over the main portal. Behind the colonnade are shown variant treatments of windows, the camber of the ceiling and the presence of a large ceiling rose.
Literature
Sawyer, 1999: p 533, footnote 1572
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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