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[76] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 25 March 1823
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Reference number
SM Vol 48/34
Purpose
[76] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 25 March 1823
Aspect
Plan of the main (first) floor of the Court of Exchequer, with furnishings
Scale
to a rough scale
Inscribed
Plan of part of the Court of Exchequer. / D[esk] (x 4) / S[eat] (x 15) / Table (x 2) / A (x 2) / A B C D dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 25/03/1823
25th. March / 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, ochre wash, pen, on wove paper bound in volume (272 x 211)
Hand
Arthur Patrick Mee (1802 - 1868), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 25 March 1823 notes that Arthur Mee was Making sketches of the old / Courts at Westminster.
The Day Book entry for 25 March 1823 notes that Arthur Mee was Making sketches of the old / Courts at Westminster.
Notes
In the inscription A is a detail of the step up to the Barons of the Exchequer's bench at the south-west corner of the Court Table. AB and CD denote section lines at right angles to each other. The section inscribed AB is given in SM Vol 48/35, while that inscribed CD appears in SM Vol 48/36.
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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