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  • image SM 63/7/9

Reference number

SM 63/7/9

Purpose

[34] View recording building progress, drawn by Henry Parke, 13 April 1816

Aspect

View from the south-west showing plinth, pedestal, aedicule, piers and canopy with the entrance to the vault; in the background is seen the boundary wall of the burial ground

Signed and dated

  • April 13th 1816 / View of the Monument as it appeared on Saturday 13th of April at Mid day

Medium and dimensions

pencil, burnt umber, grey, green and black washes, watercolour technique on wove paper (253 x 315) (35) pencil, sepia, burnt umber and blue washes on wove paper (270 x 269)

Hand

Henry Parke (1790-1835, pupil 1814-20)

Notes

Office Day Book entries: 6 April 'Making a View of a Mausoleum. Parke' and 'Making a drawing of a Mausoleum. Parke' on 9 to 13 April; 'Taking Sketches of a Monument. Parke' 17 to 20 April; 'Making a View of the Monument in St Giles's Burial Ground. Parke' on 22 to 27 April 1816. Marked 'absent unwell' from 29 April to 22 May 1816, when Basevi took over (see SM volume 60/188, SM 14/4/7, SM volume 60/190).

Level

Drawing

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