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  • image SM Adam volume 19/76a

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/76a

Purpose

[5] Alternative finished drawing for a mausoleum for David Hume, 1777, unexecuted

Aspect

Recto: same as SM Adam volume 19/77a Verso: pencil sketch of the monument on top of a hill

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

68

Signed and dated

  • 1777
    datable to 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, and wash within a doubled-ruled border on laid paper (627x440)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, 2001, Vol .1, p. 359; Vol. 2, p. 265
Brown, 1991, pp. 399-401
Further literature references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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