[169] Preliminary design, New Law Courts, 1823-25

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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)
    - New Law Courts - Second Scheme, 1821-29 (345)
      - Details design, 1823-25 (1)

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Reference number

SM 69/7/1/v/b

Purpose

[169] Preliminary design, New Law Courts, 1823-25

Aspect

Detail profile of mouldings, perhaps associated with the ceilings of the New Law Courts, possibly as executed

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

1822-25
dated in accordance with known building campaign

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, on wove paper (282 x 294, maximum dimensions)

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect

Notes

This detail drawing of mouldings is clearly in Soane's own hand, and demonstrates his control over the decorative elements of the New Law Courts' interiors. While it is difficult to locate such partial details, Summerson attempts to associate them with an apparently unrelated drawing (see note in drawing file). It is essentially two shallow curves, divided and crowned by projecting tori, terminated in a characteristically Soanian banderol. As such, it most likely represents part of a ceiling around the opening for a lantern light.

Literature

Sawyer, 1999: p 539, footnote 1591

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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