[1] Variant design for the monument

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- Monuments and mausolea
  - London: St Stephen's Church, Coleman Street, City of London: monument to Claude Bosanquet for Samuel Bosanquet, 1786 (5)

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Reference number

SM 63/6/17

Purpose

[1] Variant design for the monument

Aspect

Elevation and plan

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

1 (pencil) A and dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash, pencil, on laid paper (290 x 490)

Hand

attributed to John Sanders (pupil 1784-90)

Notes

The base of the monument is an inscribed tablet with tab-ends and brackets between two sarcophagal strigilated ends. Surmounting the tablet, a Doric aedicule frames an urn and is backed with a pedimented slab. The plan shows how the urn's pedestal projects further than the flanking columns.

In this drawing, the pediment has a plain frieze and acanthus antefixes, with pencil alterations suggesting a motif in the tympanum.

Level

Drawing

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