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[3] Finished drawing for a monument, c1763, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/82
Purpose
[3] Finished drawing for a monument, c1763, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a monument composed of an urn on a drum. The drum is supported by a square pedestal containing an inscription, and it is enclosed by a domed and pedimented canopy on four Ionic columns. The whole is set within a pencil-drawn landscape
Scale
bar scale of 2 3/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of a Monument for Lady Portsmouth (in the hand of William Adam) / (and inscribed on the monument) Sacred to The / Memory of My / Lady Portsmouth and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1763
datable to c1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (279 x 421)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly; with pencil-drawn landscape in the hand of Robert Adam, and title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 265; 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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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