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[12] Presentation drawing for design of an aedicule framing a tablet over a sarcophagus, January 1816
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Reference number
SM 63/6/63
Purpose
[12] Presentation drawing for design of an aedicule framing a tablet over a sarcophagus, January 1816
Aspect
Elevation
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(feint pencil) The Viscountess Bridport, (Bailey) Sketch of a Design for a Monument to the Viscount Bridport
Signed and dated
- (feint pencil) Jany 1816 (Bailey) January 1816
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, grey and brown washes, on laid paper (366 x 514)
Hand
Soane office, and some titles added later by George Bailey (Soane Museum curator, 1837-60), inscriptions on versos by Robert Baldwin (fl.1762-c.1804)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche
Notes
This drawing shows a design for a monument approximately 10 feet 4 inches high. The design has a sarcophagus that widens at its base and has a Vitruvian scroll motif. It has an Ionic aedicule with a scrolled pediment, with rosettes and palm leaves on the tympanum. The fluted columns frame an inscribed tablet, and a panel with an outline of three shields.
Level
Drawing
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