[1] Preliminary and finished drawings for a memorial, 1779, as executed

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  - Queensberry Square, Dumfries: preliminary and finished designs for a memorial commemorating Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 1779, as executed (1)

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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 / 10^th April 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper within a ruled border (636X487)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, Volume II, Index, 1922, p10
King, Volume 1, 2001, p371
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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