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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.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Lateral and longitudinal sections through the St Margaret Street Entrance Hall, C. J.  Richardson, as a student draughtsman with Sir John Soane, 1825<i> (recto)</i>; Longitudinal section through the two-level-high Court of Equity and a single storey ante-room, probably done by C. J. 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