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[2] Preliminary design for a monument, c1763, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/152
Purpose
[2] Preliminary design for a monument, c1763, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan and elevation of a monument composed of an urn on a square pedestal, supporting an Ionic column at each corner, and a pediment on each front, and a domed roof, and with stairs either side of the pedestal. There is also a rough elevation of the same but without the stairs or domed roof. There is a third rough elevation showing a rectangular pedestal supporting a spirally fluted column surmounted by an urn, and a portico of four Ionic columns, surmounted by a broken-base pediment (verso) a pencil-drawn column, supported by a pedestal, and surmounted by an urn
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- c1763
datable to c1763
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (257 x 148)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 265
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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