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Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/19

Purpose

Finished drawing for a monument, 1778, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a monument, with a pedestal base containing a blank tablet supporting a central arch with rosettes ornamenting the spandrels. The arch is flanked by piers ornamented with a reclining lion and unicorn, crossed downturned torches, and ox masks flanked by swags. The head of the arch contains a blank tablet with an apron of guttae, and this is surmounted by a sarcophagus ornamented with fluting, a band of rosettes, and a central figurative tablet. The sarcophagus is surmounted by a pedestal ornamented with a wreath and bearing an urn embellished with gadrooning and ram masks. The urn is flanked by mourning winged putti. Beyond the sarcophagus there is a pyramid in relief ornamented with a crest bearing a coronet and swags, and this supports a flaming urn with claw feet and ornamented with gadrooning, a band of guilloche, and ram masks. The pyramid is flanked by piers ornamented with draped, mourning figures and ram masks bearing festoons, and they are surmounted by oil burners in relief

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

19

Signed and dated

  • July 1778
    Adelphi / 10.t July 1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (428 x 590)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 368-69
Aymonino, 2010, pp. 288-296
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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