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Design

ca.1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a memorial (front and side elevations) to the Hon. Harriet Bouverie, Viscountess of Folkestone (d.1750), daughter of Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and wash on paper
Brief description
Design for a memorial (front and side elevations) to the Hon. Harriet Bouverie, Viscountess of Folkestone (d.1750), by John Rysbrack, in Coleshill Church, Berkshire. Great Britain, ca.1750.
Physical description
Design for a memorial (front and side elevations) to the Hon. Harriet Bouverie, Viscountess of Folkestone (d.1750), daughter of Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1875in
  • Width: 7.25in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed in pen with the scale
  • Note on the back reads: 'This drawing is approved of by Mr. Bouverie, who wou'd have the Monument executed in every particular according to it, which is agreeable to the Contract sign'd by Mr. Rysbrack. WB. 28th of June. 1750. The Height - 10 ft . . 6 in. Width - 5 . . 10 . . 6 Projection - 1 . . 11.'
Object history
This design bears some resemblance to the memorial to the second and third Dukes of Beaufort in Badminton Church, Gloucestershire.

E.431, E.433, E.435, E.437, E.439, E.444, E.452 and E.453 are from the collection of Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784).
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection
Accession number
E.448-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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