Conversation 3 — Dulwich Picture Gallery — Soane in The Colour Palace
About Buildings + Cities
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The Mausoleum of Jeremy Benthum
Jeremy jeremy benthum. had the vision in between the tripping over the stone and hitting the ground it was this miraculous i think he had a stroke yeah but that's also plausiblebut he then lived a very long time and built this whole thing which took about 30 years to complete. His dearest wish was to be buried in it and the municipality would not let him so very much against his will he built a whole nother one in the local cemetery and was buried there but it was very smaller it was kind of sad.
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