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  • image SM volume 62/80

Reference number

SM volume 62/80

Purpose

[5] Record drawing of the early design presumably copied from SM 13/2/3

Aspect

Copy to a reduced scale of cross section

Scale

to a scale, smaller than SM 13/2/3

Signed and dated

  • signed (pencil) Smirke

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, sepia and pink washes, shaded on laid paper (235 x 367)

Hand

Robert Smirke (pupil, 1796-7)

Notes

A slight but accurate copy made by Robert Smirke (1780-1867) who allowed himself the re-design of the sculpted figures around the oculus. David Laing (1774-1856) kept closely to the original section. On Laing's and Smirke's subsequent careers see H.Colvin, Biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600-1840, 3rd ed. 1995.

Level

Drawing

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