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Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/163

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation of a funerary monument, with a stylobate surmounted by a rectangular inscription panel with an apron of an ox skull flanked by festoons. There is a diagonal projection at each corner of the stylobate surmounted by caryatids, supporting a frieze ornamented with swags. The frieze is surmounted by acroteria flanking a segmental pediment ornamented with a roundel. Behind the segmental pediment is a fluted socle supporting a large urn ornamented with gadrooning

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1775
    datable to 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (119 x 218)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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