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Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/6

Purpose

Preliminary designs for two mausolea, ND

Aspect

Rough elevations of two mausolea. The mausoleum on the left-hand side is a two-storey pyramid surmounted by an urn and ornamented with a medallion. There is a door within a projecting arched basement on the ground storey, and there is a pedimented window on the first storey. The right-hand mausoleum is pyramidal, surmounted by an urn and ornamented with a tablet. There is a central arched, pedimented door, flanked by niches, and set on a pedestal which also supports outlying urn-topped columns

Scale

not to scale

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (326x158)

Hand

Probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792) - Collections

Level

Drawing

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