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[7] Variant design for a mausoleum for David Hume, 1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/19
Purpose
[7] Variant design for a mausoleum for David Hume, 1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Similar to SM Adam 19/77a, 76a and 84a but with a shorter tower drum with windows in recessed arches and a lower commemorative plaque. There is a faint plan of the mausoleum in pencil below
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1777
datable to 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and sepia wash on laid paper (242x315)
Hand
possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, 2001, Vol .1, p. 359; Vol. 2, p. 265
Brown, 1991, p. 399
Further literature references in scheme notes
King, 2001, Vol .1, p. 359; Vol. 2, p. 265
Brown, 1991, p. 399
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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