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Reference number

SM 63/7/14

Purpose

[40] View recording building progress, drawn by Henry Parke, 17 April 1816

Aspect

View from north-east showing the same stage of construction as in drawing 39 but without the windlass and planks. Verso: preparatory sketch of scaffolding as shown in drawing SM 63/7/10

Inscribed

(verso) a geometric equation: [The square root of] 2hr = / (h half / R Radius)

Signed and dated

  • (verso) April 17th, 1816

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, burnt umber, sepia, blue and green washes, watercolour technique on wove paper with old, office repair (252 x 400)

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 (SM volume 60/188, SM 14/4/7 and SM volume 60/190).

Level

Drawing

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