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[1] Preliminary design for the funerary monument of Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Townshend, 1760, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/2/9
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for the funerary monument of Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Townshend, 1760, executed with alterations
Aspect
Rough elevation within an arch, with an inscription panel supporting a pedimented sarcophagus containing a relief panel depicting Townshend's death scene, flanked by two seated male figures, and surmounted by military trophies, and set against a pyramid in relief with a circular inscription panel
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1760
datable to 1760
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and sepia wash on laid paper (204 x 303)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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