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  • image SM Adam volume 19/51

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/51

Purpose

[2] Unfinished design for a monument, c1782

Aspect

Elevation of a monumental tablet set within a gothic arch supported by columns. The base of the tablet is ornamented with a coat of arms flanked by paterae, with aprons of guttae. The tablet has a frieze of fluting and a central panel with aprons of guttae, and is surmounted by an acanthus leaf crown set within a wreath

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Who though heir of ample estates, preferred to a life of / B / B (pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1782
    c1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (293 x 458)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 372
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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