[5] Presentation drawing for the monument, datable to October 1788

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  - London: St Stephen's Church, Coleman Street, City of London: monument to Claude Bosanquet for Samuel Bosanquet, 1786 (5)

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Reference number

SM 63/6/21

Purpose

[5] Presentation drawing for the monument, datable to October 1788

Aspect

Elevation; profile; section; and plan

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

October 1788 (see Notes)

Medium and dimensions

Pen and grey and pink washes, watercolour technique, on laid paper (445 x 580)

Hand

John McDonnell (pupil 1786-91)

Watermark

J Whatman and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and W below

Notes

In this drawing, light and shadow effectively reveal the monument's depth and contours. The varying surfaces of the marbles are also represented, with grey Dove marble on the backing slab, white and grey veined marble on the aedicule and strigilated ends of the base, and white statuary stone on the tablets and urn.

This drawing is probably the presentation drawing Thomas Neill (clerk, 1786-1793) brought with him on 24 October 1788 (Journal N^o1). Soane's Journal N^o1 records that the drawing was made by his pupil John McDonnell.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Soane and Death, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 26 February - 12 May 1996

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