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[8] Design for a funerary monument, 1762, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/25
Purpose
[8] Design for a funerary monument, 1762, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a wall-mounted monument, with acanthus leaf consoles, supporting a base ornamented with masks and an inscription panel, surmounted by a winged putto holding a laurel wreath, a strigillated sarcophagus containing a figurative relief medallion, and a bust, and with pencil-drawn details of moulding below
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
JAMES THOMNOS (sic)
Signed and dated
- 1762
datable to 1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (251 x 403)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias or Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 266
Roscoe, 2009, p. 1161
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 266
Roscoe, 2009, p. 1161
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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