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[12] Sections through two chambers (29 and 31 August 1807)
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Reference number
SM 67/6/10
Purpose
[12] Sections through two chambers (29 and 31 August 1807)
Aspect
Cross section through burial chamber and through entrance to the same
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Sir Francis Bourgeois
Signed and dated
- 29/08/1807
29/08/1870 and 31/08/1870
Lincolns Inn Fields / Augt 29th 1807 and August 31st : 1807
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink and blue washes, shaded, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (677 x 452)
Hand
29 August 1807 - James Adams Jun. (1785-1850) (pupil May 1806 - June 1809) - Charles Malton was illl that day
31 August 1807 - Charles Malton (1788-?) (pupil, assistant February 1802 - December 1809) and Francis Edwards (1784-1857, improver July 1806-October 1810)
31 August 1807 - Charles Malton (1788-?) (pupil, assistant February 1802 - December 1809) and Francis Edwards (1784-1857, improver July 1806-October 1810)
Notes
This drawing is close to drawing [8] except that here the arched profile to the framing of the twin sarcophagi has gone. The shading is poorly rendered.
Level
drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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