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[16] Design for an aedicule and sarcophagus composition, including the Hood heraldry, 1 February 1816
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Reference number
SM 63/6/65
Purpose
[16] Design for an aedicule and sarcophagus composition, including the Hood heraldry, 1 February 1816
Aspect
Elevation, rough elevation and details
Scale
1 1/8 inches to 1 foot approximately
Inscribed
(pencil) Viscountess Bridport, (Soane) dimensions given, (Bailey) Sketch of a Monument to the Viscount Bridport
Signed and dated
- 1st February 1816, (Bailey) Feby 1816
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and wash on laid paper (362 x 521)
Hand
Soane office, Soane and inscription by Bailey
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche
Notes
The 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).
Erasure marks are on this drawing. A sarcophagus-shaped panel has been altered and reduced to a pedestal.
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.
Erasure marks are on this drawing. A sarcophagus-shaped panel has been altered and reduced to a pedestal.
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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