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[5] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, c1762-63, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/2/15
Purpose
[5] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, c1762-63, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a pedestal surmounted by a band of Vitruvian scroll, supporting a sarcophagus ornamented with a cameo, flanked on either side by spirally fluted Doric columns carrying a Doric frieze ornamented with a coat of arms, volutes, and a wheat sheaf (verso) pencil-drawn festoons, one supported by a term
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- c1762-63
datable to c1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (189 x 230)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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