[38] View recording building progress, drawn by Henry Parke, 16 April 1816

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Monuments and mausolea
  - London: St Giles in the Fields burial ground (now St Pancras Gardens), Camden: Soane monument [the 'Soane Tomb'], 1816, 1828 (47)

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Reference number

SM 63/7/12

Purpose

[38] View recording building progress, drawn by Henry Parke, 16 April 1816

Aspect

View from the south-east with dice and part of the parapet in position, and balusters and acroteria lying in the foreground

Signed and dated

April 16: 1816

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, raw umber, burnt umber, sepia, blue, yellow ochre and green washes, watercolour technique on wove paper (250 x 300)

Hand

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

Watermark

J Wh[atman]

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 (SM volume 60/188, SM 14/4/7 and SM volume 60/190).

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Drawing

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