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Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/59

Purpose

[1] Design for a monument, 1778, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Elevation and plan of a pedestal surmounted by an urn. There are terms on the corners of the pedestal with a central oval panel and a tablet above containing a wreath over two crossing wheat sheaves. The urn is decorated with cabling, guilloche, and Vitruvian scroll

Scale

bar scale of ½ an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

59

Signed and dated

  • 1778
    datable to 1788

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (172x394)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, Volume 2, 2001, p.265
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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