[5] Record copy of contract drawings

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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
  - London: St Mary Abbots burial ground, Church Street, Kensington: tomb for Miss Elizabeth Johnston for 1st Earl of Bellamont, July 1784 (5)

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Reference number

SM volume 41/39 recto

Purpose

[5] Record copy of contract drawings

Aspect

Plan of the Superstructure, Plan of the Catacomb (or vault), Section of the Sarcophagus, Elevation of the Flank, Full Size detail of moulding marked A

Scale

bar scale of 10/16 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

As above, Portland Stone (five times), Portland Stone sunk ¾ of an Inch below Cirb (sic), Brick Work (three times), White Marble in one Piece (four times), White/W. Marble (five times), One Piece of Portland, Lead (twice), Sunk ½ Inch, Line of Tablet, Front Line of Sarco- / phagus, dimensions given and (Soane) Executed in Kensington Church Yard by order of the Earl of Bellamont 1784

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink and sepia washes on laid paper (364 x 244) bound into 'Precedents in Architecture' SM volume 41

Hand

John Sanders (pupil 1 September 1784-90)/Soane inscription

Watermark

Fleur-de-lis

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

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Drawing

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