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Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/188

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a mausoleum, ND, not executed

Aspect

Rough elevation of a single-storey building with a three-bay central block adorned with columns supporting an entablature and pediment. The elevation is decorated with eight bays of urn-filled niches, with a cornice and balustrade above

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Front for covering a Burying Ground for / Sir Gilbert Elliot Baronet / at Minto - / Extends 50 feet

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen on wove paper (223x150)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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