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Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/161

Purpose

Preliminary design for a funerary monument, ND

Aspect

Rough elevation of a funerary monument, with a tripartite pedestal, ornamented with acroteria and medallions, and supporting a sarcophagus. This is surmounted by segmental pediments with acroteria and an urn. The whole composition is set against a pyramid in relief, and within an arch which takes the form of a single-arched Doric triumphal arch, supported by paired Doric columns, and ornamented with medallions, a keystone, and a Doric frieze

Scale

not to scale

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (201x233)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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