[8] Stage II: tomb as in stage I but with addition of a terminal and wavy ornament to the dome, and revisions to piers, pedestal and plinth, 14-24 February 1816

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- 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 63/7/4

Purpose

[8] Stage II: tomb as in stage I but with addition of a terminal and wavy ornament to the dome, and revisions to piers, pedestal and plinth, 14-24 February 1816

Aspect

Elevation, close to drawing SM 63/7/3 but with a higher plinth to the pedestal, and with sketch amendments such as foliate capitals to the piers, alterations to the base of the piers (simpler than those shown on SM 63/7/3 and enlargement of tablet on the pedestal. Verso: pencil details of pilaster base and plinth corresponding with the amendments marked A on the recto

Scale

bar scale of 1/7 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

labelled A, B, C, D, 5.4½ off ^height the pilaster, (feint pencil) Can I make / This Tablet / from C to D that / or under the / Centre of the / Pilasters; or / is the work to[o] / far advanced

Signed and dated

Soane 20 Feb: 1816 and Feb^y24 - / dimensions / altered

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and yellow ochre washes, pencil, shaded on laid paper (540 x 369)

Hand

Soane see Notes below

Watermark

Phipps & Son 1809

Notes

The office Day Book for 14 February 1816 shows that Basevi, Tyrrell and Parke were 'Drawing designs for a Monument'; entries for 15, 16, 19 and 20 February have Basevi and Parke 'Drawing designs for a Monument'. However, these drawings are by Soane; the freehand additions, calculations and inscriptions are in his hand. On 19 February Soane's Note Book has '... About Eliza's Monument ...' and on the next day 'About Eliza's Mon[ument] '

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Drawing

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