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[10] Preliminary design of an aedicule framing a tablet over a sarcophagus, January 1816
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Reference number
SM 63/6/59
Purpose
[10] Preliminary design of an aedicule framing a tablet over a sarcophagus, January 1816
Aspect
Alternative half-elevations; rough details of pediment and strigilation
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Ld Visct Bridport, Devonshire & C[?a]rle marble, (pencil) Devon, (pencil) 10:2, Ditto, and illegible feint pencil
Signed and dated
- (pencil) Jany 25: 1816 and LIF / 30 Jan: 1816
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and pen on laid paper (360 x 520)
Hand
Charles Tyrrell (1795-1832, pupil 1811-1816) and Soane
Watermark
Phipps & Son 1809
Notes
This drawing shows the position of the columns in plan, with marginal skecthes also in pencil to show the pattern of strigillation, the section of the chancel and variant designs for the pediment.
It specifies a type of marble for the monument, possibly reading 'Devonshire & Carle'. Devonshire marble is listed as a type of marble in the The Dictionary of architecture, ed. Wyatt Papworth for the Architectural Publication Society, 1859-92, volume V, p. 34.
It specifies a type of marble for the monument, possibly reading 'Devonshire & Carle'. Devonshire marble is listed as a type of marble in the The Dictionary of architecture, ed. Wyatt Papworth for the Architectural Publication Society, 1859-92, volume V, p. 34.
Level
Drawing
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