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[32] Record drawing, not dated and drawing made for the engraver, 23 May 1816
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Reference number
SM volume 57/94
Purpose
[32] Record drawing, not dated and drawing made for the engraver, 23 May 1816
Aspect
Plan (showing no stair to the vault) and front elevation as executed (with feint pencil cancellation)
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- Lincolns Inn Fields May 23rd 1816
Medium and dimensions
Pen, raw umber, sepia and pink washes within double pen border on wove paper (196 x 135)
Hand
George Basevi (1794-1845, pupil 1810-16)
Notes
An entry for 23 May 1816 in the Day Book signed by Basevi reads: 'Making Outline of / the Monument in St Giles / Burial Ground for the Engraver'.
It is possible that both this drawing and drawing SM 31 P12 were made for the engraver and that both were rejected since no engraving of either has yet been traced.
It is possible that both this drawing and drawing SM 31 P12 were made for the engraver and that both were rejected since no engraving of either has yet been traced.
Level
Drawing
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