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[239] Final design, with preliminary detail design, Vice Chancellor's Court, 12 March 1823
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Reference number
SM 53/2/58
Purpose
[239] Final design, with preliminary detail design, Vice Chancellor's Court, 12 March 1823
Aspect
Plan of the main floor of the Vice Chancellor's Court, including ceiling and lantern, the latter shown with a variant half plan, with corresponding section through the interior, looking west, with rough plan of the upper cornice and detail of mouldings, almost as executed
Scale
bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design for the Vice-Chancellor's Court: / Scale of Feet / Buttress. / A / 15 Ap[ri]l. 1823 dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 12/03/1823
12th: March 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, pink wash, pen, pink pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (543 x 752)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
This drawing has been annotated in Soane's hand.
George Bailey (1792 - 1860), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 12 March 1823 notes that George Bailey was About Plans &c. of the New Courts at Westminster.
This drawing has been annotated in Soane's hand.
George Bailey (1792 - 1860), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 12 March 1823 notes that George Bailey was About Plans &c. of the New Courts at Westminster.
Notes
The plan shows variant proposals for the lantern; one being circular, the alternative square, though this variation is not shown in the section. The detail sketch of a moulding profile (dated 15 April 1823) is in Soane's hand. It features the profile and elevation of a chracteristic series of angle bead and torus mouldings, with a central twisted stem, set on a segmental convex. This detail is sketched three times at increasing scales. It appears to relate to the headstops and hood moulds sketched on the elevation, over the upper arches. Between these and the lower arches is sketched a console frieze topped with antefixes; perhaps the first trial of this motif. There is a faint sketch plan of this feature in the adjacent left margin.
Literature
Sawyer, 1999: p 537, footnote 1587
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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