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[2] Design for a monument, c1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/80
Purpose
[2] Design for a monument, c1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a monument as SM Adam volume 2/8, with minor alterations. The figurative tablet set within the base is replaced with an inscribed tablet
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Monument for the Hon.ble Archibald Stewart Esq.r (in the hand of William Adam) / To the Memory of the Honorable / ARCHIBALD STEWART Esqr third Son to S.r MICHAEL STEWART of Blackhall Bar.t one of the Members of / his Majesty’s Council Aid de Camp to his Excellency the / Commander in Chief & Captain of the St Paul’s Company / of Militia who fell as he gallantly led on a Detachment of / his Company the evening of the 17th of Jany 1779 against a pira- / -tical Banditti who had landed at Man of War’s Bay from an / American Privateer had set fire to the houses of two plan / tations and who to his & the immortal honor of his party / he entirely overcame though above three times his Numbers / This Monument is erected by the Legilature & Publick of / Tobago to perpetuate their grateful sense of his Conduct
Signed and dated
- c1779
c1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (384 x 257)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William 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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