[12] Sections through two chambers (29 and 31 August 1807)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Charlotte (now Hallam) Street: mausoleum for Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1807 (18)
    - Designs arranged by date, May to September 1807

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Reference number

SM 67/6/10

Purpose

[12] Sections through two chambers (29 and 31 August 1807)

Aspect

Cross section through burial chamber and through entrance to the same

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Sir Francis Bourgeois

Signed and dated

29/08/1807
29/08/1870 and 31/08/1870
Lincolns Inn Fields / Aug^t 29^th 1807 and August 31^st : 1807

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink and blue washes, shaded, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (677 x 452)

Hand

29 August 1807 - James Adams Jun. (1785-1850) (pupil May 1806 - June 1809) - Charles Malton was illl that day
31 August 1807 - Charles Malton (1788-?) (pupil, assistant February 1802 - December 1809) and Francis Edwards (1784-1857, improver July 1806-October 1810)

Notes

This drawing is close to drawing [8] except that here the arched profile to the framing of the twin sarcophagi has gone. The shading is poorly rendered.

Level

drawing

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