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Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/19

Purpose

Preliminary design for a mausoleum, ND

Aspect

Rough elevtion of a single-storey cruciform(?) mausoleum, with a central door, flanked by engaged Doric columns and urn-filled niches, and surmounted by an inscription panel, tablets of swags, sphinxes and an urn on a pedestal. Beyond this is the stepped pyrmidal roof. The central body of the mausoleum is flanked by projecting wings ornamented with sarcophagi within square-headed niches

Scale

not to scale

Medium and dimensions

Pen, wash and sepia wash on laid paper (312x174)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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