[4] Working drawing, September 1786

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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 63/6/22

Purpose

[4] Working drawing, September 1786

Aspect

Plan of the monument; elevation of monument; profile; section; and full size details of mouldings, capital base & entablature

Scale

full size and bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Monument S^tStephen's Coleman Street, The vase to / project from / face of tablet / 1/3 of its breadth / in front, C, C, A, B, veined marble, statuary, statuary, veined, veined, veined, veined, veined, dove, dove, statuary, statuary, veined marble, moldings of pannel / in tablet A / full size, observe the face of frieze / is to correspond with/ the lower diam^tr of / column, face of frieze, B,

Signed and dated

Margaret Street Sep^r1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash, pencil, on laid paper (656 x 580)

Hand

Attributed to John Sanders (pupil 1784-90)

Notes

This drawing shows the same design as SM 63/6/15. The tab-ended tablet is between strigilated ends and framed by an egg and dart ovolo moulding with acanthus corners. The base measures 5 feet wide and the aedicule is 3 feet wide with Doric columns 3 feet 3 inches tall. The urn projects 1/3 of its breadth in front of the monument, approximately 4 1/3 inches.

This drawing shows the distribution of varying types of marble: white statuary marble makes up the inscribed tablet, urn and the aedicule's entablature and pediment; the ends of the base, the Doric columns and parts of the entablature are veined marble; the backing slab is a grey 'Dove' marble.

Soane sent working drawings for the monument to 'Nelson' on 30 September 1786, presumably mason James Nelson, who Soane hired for various projects.

Level

Drawing

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