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Site survey showing the alterations and additions executed by Soane, 12 January 1824
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Reference number
SM 51/3/28
Purpose
Site survey showing the alterations and additions executed by Soane, 12 January 1824
Aspect
General Plan shewing the Outline of the New Law Courts &c as designed & executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
as above, labelled: New Courts, Westminster Hall, The Speaker's House, Records / & / Exchequer, The Garden of the Speaker / of the House of Commons, The River Thames
Signed and dated
- 12 January 1824
12th Jany 1824
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (543 x 675)
Hand
David Mocatta (1806-82, pupil 1821-27)
Notes
Soane's alterations and additions are shown in pink wash: the new Royal Entrance, Scala Regia, Royal Gallery and committee rooms for the House of Lords to the south, the new Law Courts to the west and a design for offices for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the east.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk