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Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/168

Purpose

Preliminary design for a funerary monument(?), ND

Aspect

Rough elevation of a funerary monument in the form of a tripartite triumphal arch, with a central arch ornamented with reclining figures, flanked by doors with military trophy overdoor panels, and each bay is articulated by paired fluted Doric columns. This is surmounted by a frieze of ox skulls, an attic ornamented with enclosed rosettes and figurative tablets, with a crowning balustrade punctuated by four tapering columns supporting flaming urns, and strigulated sarcophagi(?) surmounted by winged sphinxes or griffons and an urn

Scale

not to sale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (207x235)

Hand

Probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792) - Collections, architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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