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[1] Preliminary and finished drawings for a memorial, 1779, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/81
Purpose
[1] Preliminary and finished drawings for a memorial, 1779, as executed
Aspect
Recto:
Left: Plan of a column showing a square pedestal and circular column
Centre: Principal elevation of a memorial comprising a pedestal adorned with a panel containing a figure leaning over a large urn, and ram heads at each corner, supporting a tall Doric column with a stiff leaf capital and an urn finial above
Right: Elevation of the three remaining sides of the pedestal with marble panels left blank for inscriptions and ram heads at each corner
Verso: Preliminary drawing of the elevation of a memorial as drawn in the recto
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Dorick Column to the Memory of Charles Duke of Queensberry & Dover, upon one side of the Pedestal is proposed a / Basrelief representing Scotland weeping over his Graces Ashes in an Antique Urn / Plan of the Column Pedestal & Step upon which / it is to stand / Three sides of the Pedestal may be / executed like this with Marble Pannells / for Inscriptions with some pencil annotations / (verso) [ _ __ ] of Queensbury Column / (in a different hand) Number 22 with some pencil annotations
Signed and dated
- 10/04/1779
Adelphi / 10th April 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper within a ruled border (636X487)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, Volume II, Index, 1922, p10
King, Volume 1, 2001, p371
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, Volume 1, 2001, p371
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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