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[8] Variant design for a mausoleum for David Hume, 1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/78
Purpose
[8] Variant design for a mausoleum for David Hume, 1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Variant of SM Adam volume 19/77a and 21/19 with a hexagonal structure and narrower drum with windows in recessed arches, with a plain moulded cornice
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
71 / (in pencil) 78 /(verso) Monument / [_ _ _ _ _ _] David Hume Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1777
datable to 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a double-ruled border on laid paper (622x437)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Notes
There is a finished drawing of this design in the National Galleries of Scotland for which see: T. Clifford, Designs of Desire, Architectural Ornamental Prints and Drawings 1500-1850, 1999, p. 258.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, 2001, Vol .1, p. 359; Vol. 2, p. 265
Brown, 1991, p. 398
Further literature references in scheme notes
King, 2001, Vol .1, p. 359; Vol. 2, p. 265
Brown, 1991, p. 398
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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