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  • image SM Adam volume 19/35

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/35

Purpose

[6] Finished drawing for a funerary monument, c1762-63, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation and profile of a wall monument containing an inscription panel and sarcophagus ornamented with a cameo, above a band of Vitruvian scroll, and flanked by spirally fluted Doric columns carrying a Doric frieze ornamented with a coat of arms, volutes, and a wheat sheaf

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Lady Elibank (in pencil) and some dimensions given (verso) Lady Elibank Monument

Signed and dated

  • c1762-63
    datable to c1762-63

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (278 x 374)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 54
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 265
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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