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  • image SM Adam volume 19/14

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/14

Purpose

[2] Finished drawing for a funerary monument for Richard Verney, 13th Lord Willoughby de Broke, c1758-72, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation and ,with a pedestal ornamented with a band of fret and consoles supporting a sarcophagus. The sarcophagus is ornamented with a circular panel, strigillation, an ox skull and swags, and a pediment, and set against a pyramid in relief ornamented with a coat of arms

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Ld (in pen) Willoughby D Broke (in feint pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 1758-72
    date range: 1758-72

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (263 x 405)

Hand

Adam office hand

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
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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