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[34] View recording building progress, drawn by Henry Parke, 13 April 1816
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Reference number
SM 63/7/9
Purpose
[34] View recording building progress, drawn by Henry Parke, 13 April 1816
Aspect
View from the south-west showing plinth, pedestal, aedicule, piers and canopy with the entrance to the vault; in the background is seen the boundary wall of the burial ground
Signed and dated
- April 13th 1816 / View of the Monument as it appeared on Saturday 13th of April at Mid day
Medium and dimensions
pencil, burnt umber, grey, green and black washes, watercolour technique on wove paper (253 x 315) (35) pencil, sepia, burnt umber and blue washes on wove paper (270 x 269)
Hand
Henry Parke (1790-1835, pupil 1814-20)
Notes
Office Day Book entries: 6 April 'Making a View of a Mausoleum. Parke' and 'Making a drawing of a Mausoleum. Parke' on 9 to 13 April; 'Taking Sketches of a Monument. Parke' 17 to 20 April; 'Making a View of the Monument in St Giles's Burial Ground. Parke' on 22 to 27 April 1816. Marked 'absent unwell' from 29 April to 22 May 1816, when Basevi took over (see SM volume 60/188, SM 14/4/7, SM volume 60/190).
Level
Drawing
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