[431] Working drawing, Court of King's Bench, c 1824-25

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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)
      - Northern Range - Court of King's Bench, 1823-29 (207)
        Select Committee Revisions, 1824-29 (79)
        Alternative Number Five: Octagonal Corner Turret, May 1824-April 1829 (27)
        Design and working drawings, May 1824-26 (21)

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Reference number

SM P281-iv/a; SM P281-iv/b

Purpose

[431] Working drawing, Court of King's Bench, c 1824-25

Aspect

Plan of the main floor of the Court of King's Bench, including the screen façade wall to New Palace Yard, with furnishings, showing preliminary revisions (in pencil), almost as executed

Scale

line scale of ²/₅ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

A / Jury / Kings Counsel dimensions given

Signed and dated

c 1824-25
dated in accordance with known building capaign

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes of yellow, green and pink, pen, on wove paper (original dimensions 544 x 548; SM P281/IV/a 279 x 548; SM P281/IV/b 274 x 544)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt / 1817

Notes

This drawing was discovered behind SM P281 during conservation in 2014. In the inscription A marks the rear of the tiered benches against the east wall of the Court. The pencil revisions to the furnisshings are almost as finally executed (see SM 53/1/28). The coloured washes to demark the seating within the Courts tallies with SM 53/7/3.

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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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