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[224] Survey on completion, Court of Chancery, c 1823-26
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
P274
Purpose
[224] Survey on completion, Court of Chancery, c 1823-26
Aspect
Perspective view of the interior of the Court of Chancery, seen from a north-east position in the Public Corridor looking south west, with furnishings, as originally designed and part-executed
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(frame) Court of Chancery, Westminster, (Sir John Soane, 1823.)
Signed and dated
- c 1823-26
dated in accordance with inscription on frame
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes and pen on paper, framed (unframed dimensions 953 x 733)
Hand
Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771 - 1843), draughtsman
attributed in Mellinghoff, Summerson & Watkin (1983), p. 108.
attributed in Mellinghoff, Summerson & Watkin (1983), p. 108.
Verso
not inspected
Notes
The drawing is clearly a finely worked-up version of drawing SM Vol 61/67, which gives almost exactly the same view onto the Court room proper. Most noticably the allegorical busts on the gallery's pedestals. The perspective is populated with figures suggesting that the Court is in session. Their scale is somewhat diminutive in comparisson to their setting.
Literature
Mellinghoff, Summerson & Watkin (1983), p. 108.
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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk