Goodridge (Henry Edmund, 1797-1864) Elevation of a design for the Duke of Hamilton’s mausoleum, Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire, pen and grey-ish black ink on wove paper, inscribed underneath 'Elevation of Hamilton Palace with Additions and Alterations', signed and dated 'Bath 1841', 225 x 920 mm (8 3/4 x 36 1/4 in), mounted onto canvas, under glass, toning and surface dirt, framed, 1841

Provenance:
Christie's London, British Drawings and Watercolours, December 19th, 1989, lot 62;
Collection of John and Eileen Harris

⁂ Elevation of Hamilton Palace including the unrealised mausoleum, originally commissioned from Goodridge who had worked for the Duke’s father in law William Beckford. The commission for the mausoleum was subsequently given to David Bryce to complete.

Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852) inherited Hamilton Palace from his father in 1819. He had been on the Grand Tour and had a passion for arts and antiquities, building up a vast and important collection. A number of architects were consulted about the planned mausoleum, including Goodridge. However, the final design resulted in a magnificent private tomb with a 36.5m (120ft) high dome. Influenced by the Duke's fascination by all things Egyptian, Hamilton had asked a specialist, Mr Pettigrew, to embalm his body after his death. He then wished to be placed in a sarcophagus which he had purchased. This casket, ‘executed by the most cunning workmen of the Pharoahs’ featured a female face and was thought to have been used in the burial of an Egyptian queen: according to one source the Duke ordered it to be further chiselled out to make room for his body