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[4] Record drawing, September 1796
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM volume 62/79
Purpose
[4] Record drawing, September 1796
Aspect
Elevation
Scale
to a scale (smaller than SM volume 66/35 and SM volume 66/36)
Inscribed
(Soane) Design for a Mausoleum / The principal Front
Signed and dated
- (pencil) Smirke and Septr 20th 1796
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia washes, pencil, shaded on laid paper (232 x 368)
Hand
Robert Smirke (1796-7)
Notes
This elevation has a few additions to that of SM volume 66/36. It is now furnished with four alcoves, four niches, eight tablets and four small cinerary urns as well as the pedestals supporting trophies also shown on SM volume 66/36. Presumably, Smirke did this at Soane's direction. Robert Smirke (1780-1867) entered Soane's office in May 1796 but left after a few months 'owing to a mutual antipathy between master and pupil' (H.Colvin, Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840, 3rd ed., 1995). Margaret Richardson (note, February 2008) comments that the drawing seems to be in the same hand as SM volume 66/36, hence the attribution.
Level
Drawing
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