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Reference number

SM 63/6/12

Purpose

[1] Preliminary alternative designs for a monumental tablet

Aspect

Three elevations

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(pencil) 1, 2, 3, 2.0, 3.0, 2.6

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on wove paper (534 x 210)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

SM 63/6/12 is in the form of a stele, the tablet tapering from 3 feet in width at its base to 2 feet 6 inches at its top. SM 63/6/49 is a rectangular tablet framed by incised pilasters and surmounted by a scrolled pediment. SM 63/6/50 is a rectangular tablet surmounted by a shallow pediment with three anthemion acroteria. A palm-leaf ornament decorates the tympanum.

SM 63/6/12 is identical to the monument to Abraham Newlands, 1808.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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