[3] Record drawing, 1794 or later

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Monuments and mausolea
  - Downhill, County Derry, Northern Ireland: mausoleum for Lord George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol for 4th Earl of Bristol, 1800 (4)

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Reference number

SM volume 66/34

Purpose

[3] Record drawing, 1794 or later

Aspect

Elevation of domed cupola on a square rusticated basement with arched entrance, on a stepped terrace with large urns

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(pencil, by George Bailey curator 1837-60) A Mausoleum

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia washes, shaded on laid paper (495 x 702)

Hand

pupil

Watermark

Edmeades & Pine 1794

Notes

A copy for a now lost original elevation of the designs seen in drawings 2 and 4. The arched opening differs from that shown in drawing 2 and is now the entrance to the mausoleum rather than a large niche.

Level

Drawing

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