Designs for the New Law Courts
Architectural Drawing
09/02/1825 - 12/02/1825 (made)
09/02/1825 - 12/02/1825 (made)
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Details relating to the Court of Chancery door, lunette, upper level arched corbel table, balustrade and three moulding profiles (recto); section through the court room as in 3306:61 but with three doors and lunettes lower level and a central lunette on the upper level, without the lantern (verso).
Object details
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| Title | Designs for the New Law Courts (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink with pink wash |
| Brief description | Details relating to the Court of Chancery door of the New Law Courts (recto); section through the court room (verso), C. J. Richardson, as a student draughtsman with Sir John Soane, 1825 |
| Physical description | Details relating to the Court of Chancery door, lunette, upper level arched corbel table, balustrade and three moulding profiles (recto); section through the court room as in 3306:61 but with three doors and lunettes lower level and a central lunette on the upper level, without the lantern (verso). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Insc. with dimensions (recto & verso) and with numerous inscriptions on the drawings in pen and ink and at lower right (recto) Court of Chancery; in pencil at lower right (verso) Court of Chancery; s. & d. in pen and ink at lower right (recto) Feb. 9th, 1825 CJR; in pencil at lower right (verso) Feb 12 CJR. |
| Object history | This drawing was pasted into a copy of Sir John Soane's book Designs for Public and Private Buildings owned by Soane's assistant Charles James Richardson. Richardson built up a large collection of originals and copies (many of which he executed himself) of his master's designs, and distributed the bulk of them into two folio volumes, interspersed with the printed pages of the book. These volumes were bought by the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) in 1863. |
| Production | This drawing is 1 of a series of designs by Sir John Soane for the New Law Courts drawn for several schemes submitted by the architect between June 1821 and 1828 (3306:49-95). Work began in October 1822 and construction continued until the end of 1827. Although the building survived the fire in the Palace of Westminster, the Law Courts were demolished in 1883. The court rooms are arranged alphabetically by the name of the court. |
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| Bibliographic reference | du Prey, P. de la Ruffinière. Sir John Soane: Catalogues of Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1985, p.92, cat.324 |
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| Accession number | 3306:62 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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