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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

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