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Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/2/28

Purpose

[5] Preliminary design for the funerary monument of Admiral Boscawen, 1761, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a pedestal containing an inscription panel, supporting a sarcophagus ornamented with festoons, ram masks and coronets, surmounted by a bust on a shaped socle, and naval trophies

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    datable to 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (174 x 272)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature 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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