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Reference number

SM volume 42/14

Purpose

Design

Aspect

Elevation of a wall monument in the form of a rectangular tablet with a cornice supported on brackets decorated with leaf, and with cord mouldings and acanthus, the sides with addorsed S motif, the bottom with a flower motif and fluted. The centre has wreaths and festoons with ribbons, and a shouldered, tapered inner-frame for an inscription

Scale

bar scale (pricked for transfer) of 1/17 in to 1 ft

Medium and dimensions

Pen on thin laid paper (194 x 169)

Hand

Sir Henry Cheere, Bt (1703-81) or his workshop

Watermark

scrolly (?) W encircled

Notes

The hand, medium and support are the same as for 42/24 and 42/33 and see also SM 'Miscellaneous Drawings' volume 57/91* for another design for a wall tablet by the same hand. Drawing 42/33 (q.v.) has been identified as from the hand of Sir Henry Cheere or his workshop and this drawing has been attributed to him.

Level

Drawing

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

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