[5] Stage II: tomb as in stage I but with addition of a terminal and wavy ornament to the dome, and revisions to piers, pedestal and plinth, 14-24 February 1816

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Monuments and mausolea
  - London: St Giles in the Fields burial ground (now St Pancras Gardens), Camden: Soane monument [the 'Soane Tomb'], 1816, 1828 (47)

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Reference number

SM 63/7/3

Purpose

[5] Stage II: tomb as in stage I but with addition of a terminal and wavy ornament to the dome, and revisions to piers, pedestal and plinth, 14-24 February 1816

Aspect

Elevation in which a strigilated drum-like terminal with a 'lid' crowned by a pineapple is introduced on top of the dome as is also an incised wavy line to the face of the segmental pediments.The pedestal has a more articulated form with a projecting panel in the centre. Added are: (pencil) detail of revision to pier base, a more worked out revision (pen) of that detail labelled A and a (pencil) detail of incised volute for proposed pier capital, Verso: incomplete (pen) full size, rough detail of an ouroboros (encircling serpent, symbol of eternity) around the drum-like terminal

Scale

bar scale of 1/7 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, (pencil) some calculations) and (verso) 1:1½ to the Centre

Signed and dated

Soane L.I.F. / 14 Feby 1816

Medium and dimensions

Pen, warm sepia, sepia and pale blue washes, shaded, pencil, (verso) brown pen, pencil, on laid paper (535 x 370)

Hand

Soane see Notes below

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and PS below

Notes

The office Day Book for 14 February 1816 shows that Basevi, Tyrrell and Parke were 'Drawing designs for a Monument'; entries for 15, 16, 19 and 20 February have Basevi and Parke 'Drawing designs for a Monument'. However, these drawings are by Soane; the freehand additions, calculations and inscriptions are in his hand. On 19 February Soane's Note Book has '... About Eliza's Monument ...' and on the next day 'About Eliza's Mon[ument] '

Level

Drawing

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