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[78] Record drawing for sarcophagus ornament
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Reference number
SM volume 81/10
Purpose
[78] Record drawing for sarcophagus ornament
Aspect
Elevation of a sarcophagus for the exterior of the Mausoleum
Scale
bar scale of 1/13 to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- C T July 6th 1812
Medium and dimensions
Pen, yellow ochre and warm sepia washes on laid paper (192 x 250)
Hand
Charles Tyrrell (1795-1832, pupil 1811-1816)
Watermark
not visible
Notes
The drawing shows the final design for the acroteria sarcophagus crowning the three projecting false doors of the Mausoleum, as executed. They were to be made of Portland stone with incised grooves, shallow pediment and antefixae. This is not a progress drawing made on site but presumably a copy made as an exercise by Charles Tyrrell from a working drawing, similarly to SM volume 81/24 and SM volume 81/08, which were then drawn in the record book (volume 81), inscribed Dulwich College / Sketches of the Picture Gallery / the Mausoleum and Sisters' Apartments / made by the Pupils of Sir John Soane / during the progress of the Works, 1812.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 89 & 190-191
Level
Drawing
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