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[2] Design for a monument, 1778, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/60
Purpose
[2] Design for a monument, 1778, as executed
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a pedestal surmounted by an urn. The pedestal contains a central oval panel with a lion mask holding a festoon above. The panel contains the text ‘This pedestal was erected to the memory of Sir Charles Linneus by Professor John Hope in presence of the students of medicine in the University of Edinburgh MDCCLXXVIII’. The urn is decorated with cabling and gadroon ornament
Scale
bar scale of ½ an inch to 10 feet
Signed and dated
- 1778
datable to 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (175x394)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p.11
King, Volume 1, 2001, pp. 363, 369
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, Volume 1, 2001, pp. 363, 369
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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