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[13] Stage IV: entrance gateway to the vault, enclosing walls and balustrade, 28 February 1816, 2 March 1816
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Reference number
SM 63/7/5
Purpose
[13] Stage IV: entrance gateway to the vault, enclosing walls and balustrade, 28 February 1816, 2 March 1816
Aspect
Elevation of south side of tomb showing two walls with plain domed caps, and with part cross-section through the sunken area, 4 feet 6 inches deep and with rough (pencil) revised plan for that area so that it lies parallel with the monument and measures roughly 9 by 3½ feet. Verso: (pencil) compass-drawn circle, and cone
Scale
bar scale of 1/14 inch to 1 inch
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey, burnt sienna and burnt umber washes, pencil, shaded on laid paper (540 x 363)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
Phipps & Son 1809
Notes
The office Day Book entry for 28 February 1816 has Basevi, Tyrrell and Parke 'Drawing view/designs for a Monument'. The entry for Saturday 2 March has Basevi 'Finishing drawing of Monument and making two slight sketches for another drawing' while Parke was 'Drawing various designs for a Monument'.
Stage IV of the design for the Soane monument shows the monument raised on a plinth and with enclosing walls that were to become more elaborate in Stage V. An important element of Stage IV is the proposal for a gateway to the sunken area or pit in front of the vault, on the west side. Whether this was intended to have a stair or had a stair that has since been removed, is not known (see Notes to drawings SM 63/7/19, SM 63/7/17, SM 63/7/16 and SM 63/7/18). In execution, the gateway was omitted.
Stage IV of the design for the Soane monument shows the monument raised on a plinth and with enclosing walls that were to become more elaborate in Stage V. An important element of Stage IV is the proposal for a gateway to the sunken area or pit in front of the vault, on the west side. Whether this was intended to have a stair or had a stair that has since been removed, is not known (see Notes to drawings SM 63/7/19, SM 63/7/17, SM 63/7/16 and SM 63/7/18). In execution, the gateway was omitted.
Level
Drawing
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