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  • image SM Adam volume 2/132

Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/132

Purpose

Preliminary design for a mausoleum, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a three-bay mausoleum, taking the form of a triumphal arch, with a central arch, surmounted by a figurative tablet, and flanked by bays with sarcophagi on pedestals, with ram skull tablets and fluted friezes with tablets containing enclosed rosettes. The whole is surmounted by sphinxes and an urn

Scale

not to scale

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, wash and sepia wash on laid paper (165x204)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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