[2] Design for a mausoleum, ND, unexecuted

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  - Minto House, Borders: designs for a gated entrance to the burial grounds for Sir Gilbert Elliot, ND, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 44/87

Purpose

[2] Design for a mausoleum, ND, unexecuted

Aspect

Front elevation of a single-storey building with a three-bay central block adorned with engaged columns supporting an entablature and pediment, similar to SM Adam volume 21/188. The elevation is decorated with eight bays of niches which contain a variety of different style urns, with a fluted cornice and bottle-neck balustrade above. In the central block is a panel containing ram heads, festoons and peltoid shields with a frieze on the entablature containing enclosed rosettes and triglyph. These is a plan below of the façade detailing the depth of each niche

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Design of an Entrance to the Burying Ground at Minto, The Seat of the Right Honorable Sir Gilbert / Elliot Baronet. / (in another hand) Extends 50 feet

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Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (255x407)

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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