Tomb for a bishop [design]
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1882
Maker: William Richard Lethaby (1857-1931)
Dimensions:
540 x 380 mm
Object number: R.114
DescriptionKnown as the "Tite Award Drawing", Royal Academy of Arts, Architectural School - Design for a Bishop's Tomb, The Building News, who published the drawing in 1882, said that it " ... cribs from Waterhouse and Street ... In the style of the earliest decorated work, ... Materials Purbeck marble for shafts, arches and mouldings, the carved parts being of soft stone wholly gilt, and the effigy of alabaster, painted and gilt."
