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  • image SM Adam volume 19/6

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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