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[3] Preliminary design for the funerary monument of Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Townshend, 1760, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/2/27
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for the funerary monument of Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Townshend, 1760, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation within a cusped arch, with a relief panel flanked by two atlantes, supporting a scoll-topped sarcophagus containing a relief panel flanked by ornamental panels of military standards, and strigillation, and surmounted by military trophies, and set against a pyramid in relief
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Statuary / Statuary / Sienna / Sienna / Done and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1760
datable to 1760
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (209 x 328)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
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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