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[14] Design for an aedicule and sarcophagus composition, including the Hood heraldry, January 1816
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Reference number
SM 63/6/62
Purpose
[14] Design for an aedicule and sarcophagus composition, including the Hood heraldry, January 1816
Aspect
Elevation
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(Soane) dimensions given, (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 (367 x 525)
Hand
Soane office, Soane and inscription by Bailey
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche, Phipps & Son 1809
Notes
This drawing is a design for a monument with an aedicule and sarcophagus arrangement; it is 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). It has spiral columns added in pencil.
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.
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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