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[8] Stage II: tomb as in stage I but with addition of a terminal and wavy ornament to the dome, and revisions to piers, pedestal and plinth, 14-24 February 1816
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Reference number
SM 63/7/4
Purpose
[8] Stage II: tomb as in stage I but with addition of a terminal and wavy ornament to the dome, and revisions to piers, pedestal and plinth, 14-24 February 1816
Aspect
Elevation, close to drawing SM 63/7/3 but with a higher plinth to the pedestal, and with sketch amendments such as foliate capitals to the piers, alterations to the base of the piers (simpler than those shown on SM 63/7/3 and enlargement of tablet on the pedestal. Verso: pencil details of pilaster base and plinth corresponding with the amendments marked A on the recto
Scale
bar scale of 1/7 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
labelled A, B, C, D, 5.4½ off height the pilaster, (feint pencil) Can I make / This Tablet / from C to D that / or under the / Centre of the / Pilasters; or / is the work to[o] / far advanced
Signed and dated
- Soane 20 Feb: 1816 and Feby 24 - / dimensions / altered
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and yellow ochre washes, pencil, shaded on laid paper (540 x 369)
Hand
Soane see Notes below
Watermark
Phipps & Son 1809
Notes
The office Day Book for 14 February 1816 shows that Basevi, Tyrrell and Parke were 'Drawing designs for a Monument'; entries for 15, 16, 19 and 20 February have Basevi and Parke 'Drawing designs for a Monument'. However, these drawings are by Soane; the freehand additions, calculations and inscriptions are in his hand. On 19 February Soane's Note Book has '... About Eliza's Monument ...' and on the next day 'About Eliza's Mon[ument] '
Level
Drawing
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