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  • image SM volume 60/190

Reference number

SM volume 60/190

Purpose

[44] View of the completed monument, drawn by George Basevi, 21 May 1816

Aspect

View from north-west with Old St Pancras church in the background (cf drawings SM 63/7/10, SM 63/7/13 and SM 63/7/15)

Signed and dated

  • May 21st 1816

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, raw umber, sepia, blue, yellow ochre and green washes, shaded, watercolour technique, within triple-ruled sepia and black wash border on wove paper (126 x 191)

Hand

George Basevi (1794-1845, pupil 1810-16)

Notes

The 1836 Description of Sir John Soane's House and Museum (p.22) has an engraving by B. Williams which may be based on this drawing. The view is taken from a very similar angle, but with the dice and acroteria turned at 90 degrees. (C. Woodward TS catalogue).

Level

Drawing

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