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[1] Survey drawing with design for lightning conductor tip, c. 1786
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Reference number
SM volume 42/127
Purpose
[1] Survey drawing with design for lightning conductor tip, c. 1786
Aspect
North-East Elevation of the Obelisk at Boconnoc, as it remained after its top was thrown down / by Lightning; on the 15th of July 1783 and measured details of damage to South-East, North-West and South-West faces of the top
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Inscription (in small capitals) on obelisk reads: In / Gratitude & Affection / to the Memory of / Sir Richard Lytelton / and to Perpetuate / that Peculiar Character / of Benevolence / which Rendered him the / Delight of his own Age / and Worthy the Veneration / of Posterity / MDCCLXXI
Signed and dated
- c.1786
datable to c.1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen, cream and sepia washes on laid paper with five fold marks (374 x 227)
Hand
unidentified
Watermark
T French
Literature
N. Pevsner, Cornwall, 2nd ed. 1970, p.40
G. Darley, John Soane: an accidental Romantic, 1999, pp.77-8
P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, pp. 174-175
M. Binney, 'A restoration inspired by history', Country Life, 2008, pp. 44-49
Unpublished manuscript of lecture given by S. Palmer to Cornwall branch of the Art Fund at Boconnoc, 15 November 2008
G. Darley, John Soane: an accidental Romantic, 1999, pp.77-8
P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, pp. 174-175
M. Binney, 'A restoration inspired by history', Country Life, 2008, pp. 44-49
Unpublished manuscript of lecture given by S. Palmer to Cornwall branch of the Art Fund at Boconnoc, 15 November 2008
Level
Drawing
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