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[3] Preliminary design for the funerary monument of Major General James Wolfe, 1759, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/2/12
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for the funerary monument of Major General James Wolfe, 1759, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation with a sarcophagus with a curved top supporting a relief panel within a frame of caryatids and surmounted by an attic with festoons, surmounted by an urn. The whole is flanked by pedestals carrying smoking candelabra. On the right a tall pedestal carrying a small casket, and with pencil annotations
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1759
datable to 1759
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (201 x 258)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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