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  • image SM 48/1/27

Reference number

SM 48/1/27

Purpose

[84] Design for the floor and ceiling of the Pitt Cenotaph, October 1818

Aspect

Floor plan and plan of the ceiling to the Cenotaph

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • Oct. 27 1818

Medium and dimensions

Pen and black wash with double ruled and black wash border on wove paper, top edge cut (756 x 617)

Hand

Soane office no Day Book

Watermark

J Whatman 1816

Notes

This drawing, dated 27 October 1818 is the same as SM 48/1/26, dated 20 December 1817 (q.v.).

Level

Drawing

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