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  • image SM Adam volume 19/12

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/12

Purpose

[9] Finished drawing for the funerary monument of Major General James Wolfe, 1759, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and elevation with a segmentally-topped sarcophagus ornamented with strigillation, acanthus leaves and acroteria, supporting a relief panel depicting Wolfe's death scene within a frame of fluted Doric pilasters and a Doric frieze of triglyphs and ox skulls, and flanked by male figures in Roman military dress, and surmounted by military trophies and figures - one being Victory presenting a laurel crown, and the other two being defeated enemy soldiers. The whole on a pedestal, flanked by pedestals ornamented with laurel leaves and ram masks, supporting spiral fluted columns with military trophies at the base, and surmounted by round caskets, and set against a pyramid in relief

Scale

1/2 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • 1759
    datable to 1759

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (417 x 618)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
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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