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Reference number

SM 63/6/61

Purpose

[13] Design for an aedicule and sarcophagus composition, including the Hood heraldry, January 1816

Aspect

Elevation

Scale

1 1/8 inches to 1 foot approximately

Inscribed

(Bailey) Sketch of a Design for a Monument to the Viscount Bridport

Signed and dated

  • (Bailey) January 1816

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and wash on laid paper (370 x 525)

Hand

Soane office, and inscription by Bailey

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Notes

This drawing is a design for a monument with an aedicule and sarcophagus arrangement; one of the first designs to include the Hood acheivement of arms, having three escallops and flanked by Neptune on the left and a sea-lion on the right (Debrett, p.101).

Erasure marks are on this drawing. The base of the monument has been reduced.

The date inscribed by George Bailey was added to the drawing well after it was completed, probably when Bailey served as Soane Museum curator, 1837-1860.

Literature

J. Debrett, Peerage of England and Ireland, 1840, p.101.

Level

Drawing

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