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[6] 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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Reference number
SM 63/7/25
Purpose
[6] 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
Perspective of the design shown in drawing SM 63/7/26, with rough (pencil) plan of plot and (pencil) detail of pier with the revised base shown in the pen detail on SM 63/7/26, and (pencil) small perspective of tomb in a wooded setting. Verso: incomplete plan and elevation of four-sided aedicule, an Ionic column labelled (pencil) Sink the plinth into the floor
Inscribed
as above and (related to the Bank of England and suggesting a re-used drawing sheet) Great Pay Hall, Reduced office, 4 & 5 per cent office
Signed and dated
- Soane L.I.F. 14 Feb 1816
Medium and dimensions
en, yellow ochre, sepia and pale blue washes, shaded, pencil on laid paper (535 x 370)
Hand
Soane see Notes below
Watermark
Phipps & Son 1809
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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