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Reference number

SM 53/2/61

Purpose

[212] Working drawing, Court of Chancery, 3 October 1823

Aspect

Half elevation of the canopy over the Tribunal in the Court of Chancery, as executed

Scale

bar scale of 6 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Part of the Front of the Canopy / High Court of Chancery / 1/2 full size / Scale of Feet

Signed and dated

  • 03/10/1823
    3rd. Oct[obe]r. 1823.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, pen, pink pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (557 x 339)

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
This drawing is annotated in Soane's hand.
Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 3 October 1823 notes that Charles Papendiek was About drawings for the new courts at Westm[inste]r.

Notes

This drawing is one of three which deal with the tribunal's canopy in the Court of Chancery (see SM 53/2/61 - 63). The details for ornamentation, such as rosettes in the recessed circular and square panels, have been indicated. The left pendant over the central span of the canopy appears to have been sketched over (in pen) by Soane; adding foliage details to the panels and a covex conoid. The last detail Papendiek has worked up with fluting and an acorn on the adjacent pendant.

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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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