[46] Drawing of the monument made in preparation for engraving by C. J. Richardson and J. M. Gandy, 17 January 1828

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  - 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 volume 60/101

Purpose

[46] Drawing of the monument made in preparation for engraving by C. J. Richardson and J. M. Gandy, 17 January 1828

Aspect

Rough plan of monument to a reduced scale, perspectival elevation of the front of canopy and aedicule and perspective from the north and (verso) rough (pencil) plan, front elevation of aedicule and perspective from north-west

Scale

(pencil) bar scale marked in 1/8 divisions

Signed and dated

(pencil) Jan^y17.1828

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, brown pen and warm sepia wash within a single brush and sepia wash border on laid paper (447 x 290)

Hand

Joseph Michael Gandy (1771-1843)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate CA

Notes

In this striking illustration two skeletons, suspended above the four-sided aedicule, each holding an hour glass and hurling an arrow downwards have been added, as have a cluster of five stars in the tympanum. Framed by panel piers, the focus is on the aedicule; swift brush strokes suggest clouds and a heavenly radiance. See drawing SM 14/4/8 for a finished perspective by J.M.Gandy, 1816, that also shows a skeleton.

In 1828 Soane published a resumé of his career, Designs for public and private buildings, that concluded with a 'Plan of the Monument' as shown on this drawing; an elevation of the west face of the four-sided aedicule with the additions shown here; and a view from the west without the trees and shrubs shown in drawing SM volume 60/189. The layout of the three drawings engraved on plate 54 is the same as that shown on this drawing.

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