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[1] Design for a mausoleum for David Hume, 1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/77
Purpose
[1] Design for a mausoleum for David Hume, 1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Upper: Elevation of a two-storey mausoleum flanked by single-storey walls with coping. The mausoleum contains an arched entrance with a tablet above bearing the name ‘David Hume’. Above is a circular tower with arched windows and a continuous dentilled cornice and frieze containing festoons
Lower: Plan of a mausoleum with flanking walls and a curved screen. The plan shows part of the ground floor with angled niches within a square structure, and part of the upper circular tower
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
69 / (in pencil) 77
Signed and dated
- 1777
datable to 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a double-ruled border on laid paper (627x439)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
Footed P
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, 2001, Vol .1, p. 359; Vol. 2, p. 265
Brown, 1991, pp. 397-8
Further literature references in scheme notes
King, 2001, Vol .1, p. 359; Vol. 2, p. 265
Brown, 1991, pp. 397-8
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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