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  • image SM 63/6/58

Reference number

SM 63/6/58

Purpose

[19] Design for an aedicule framing an urn over a sarcophagus, 2 February 1816

Aspect

Elevation, part-elevation and sculptural detail

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/8 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

No 3, The Viscountess Bridport, floor, (pencil) Working drawing / 1/6 full size, dimensions given (Bailey) Sketch of a Design for a Monument to the Viscount Bridport

Signed and dated

  • L.I.F. / 2d Feb: 1816, Lincoln's Inn Fields / 2d February 1816

Medium and dimensions

Pen, grey and Payne's grey washes, pencil, on laid paper (362 x 520)

Hand

George Basevi or Henry Parke, and Soane

Watermark

Phipps & Son 1809

Literature

P. Lewis and G. Darley, Dictionary of ornament, 1986, p.226.

Level

Drawing

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