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[3] Alternative preliminary design for a monument, c1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/159
Purpose
[3] Alternative preliminary design for a monument, c1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a monument with a plinth base containing a tablet inscribed To the Memory of Archibald Stewart Esquire. The plinth is surmounted by a panel ornamented with a figurative oval surrounded by rosette roundels. The panel is flanked by stiles ornamented with scales, and the capitals contain rosette roundels and are surmounted by lamps. The frieze is ornamented with a shield of arms flanked by festoons of calyx. The tablet is surmounted by an urn crossed by festoons of calyx
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
To the Memory of Archibald Stewart Esquire
Signed and dated
- c1779
c1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (182 x 229)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 88
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 263-264, 267
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 263-264, 267
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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