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Reference number

SM 63/6/19

Purpose

[3] Contract drawing

Aspect

Plan, cross-Section of the Sarcophagus, Elevation of the Flank and full size detail of moulding marked D. The tomb has a marble facing decorated with strigils, and with a large label, 3 feet by 4 feet with lugs; it rests on Portland stone slabs below which is shown a brick-lined vault

Scale

1 inch to 1 foot (approximately) (the 7 feet dimension = 6½ inches

Inscribed

As above, labelled White marble in one piece, Portland, Brick work, White Marble (three times), W.Marble, Portland Stone (twice), Sunk ½ Inch, One piece of Portland, Line of Tablet, Front Line of Sarcophagus and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • One of the drawings referred to in / an Agreement signed by us / Thurs 24th day of July 1784 / J Soane / Mr Hinchcliff (John Hinchcliffe the Elder, d.1796)

    Margaret Street 20th July1784 and see above (24 July 1784)

Medium and dimensions

Pen and green, sepia and blue washes, watercolour technique

Hand

Soane

Literature

M.Hall, 'Contemplating Paradise: restoration by the Soane Monuments Trust of the tomb Soane designed in 1784 ...', Country Life, 5 January 1995, pp.38-9; M.Hall, 'Mending monuments', Country Life, 14 June 1990, p.302; D.Stroud, Sir John Soane architect , 2nd ed., 1996, pp.57, 243, 280; G.Waterfield ed., Soane and Death, 1996, pp.32, 83-4; Survey of London, Northern Kensington,volume XXXVII, p.35

Level

Drawing

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