[78] Record drawing for sarcophagus ornament

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  - London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Southwark for the Governors of Dulwich College, 1811-1813 (108)
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Reference number

SM volume 81/10

Purpose

[78] Record drawing for sarcophagus ornament

Aspect

Elevation of a sarcophagus for the exterior of the Mausoleum

Scale

bar scale of 1/13 to 1 foot

Signed and dated

C T July 6^th 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pen, yellow ochre and warm sepia washes on laid paper (192 x 250)

Hand

Charles Tyrrell (1795-1832, pupil 1811-1816)

Watermark

not visible

Notes

The drawing shows the final design for the acroteria sarcophagus crowning the three projecting false doors of the Mausoleum, as executed. They were to be made of Portland stone with incised grooves, shallow pediment and antefixae. This is not a progress drawing made on site but presumably a copy made as an exercise by Charles Tyrrell from a working drawing, similarly to SM volume 81/24 and SM volume 81/08, which were then drawn in the record book (volume 81), inscribed Dulwich College / Sketches of the Picture Gallery / the Mausoleum and Sisters' Apartments / made by the Pupils of Sir John Soane / during the progress of the Works, 1812.

Literature

F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 89 & 190-191

Level

Drawing

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