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[3] Design for a funerary monument to Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet, c1759-63, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/6
Purpose
[3] Design for a funerary monument to Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet, c1759-63, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a figurative group in relief against a pyramid in relief with minor alterations from Adam volume 19/7
Scale
2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
The Holy Bible / I recomend this / Book as my life / legacy, for therein / is Contained the / Words of / Eternal Life (inscribed on the sculpture) (and in pencil in an unknown curatorial hand) Monument to Sir Nathaniel Curzon Bt (father of 1st Lord Scarsdale / executed by Rysbrack / and erected in Kedleston Church, Derbyshire)
Signed and dated
- 1759-63
date range: 1759-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (336 x 431)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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