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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.

Level

Drawing

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