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  • image SM Adam volume 19/4

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/4

Purpose

[10] Design for the funerary monument of Admiral Boscawen, 1761, unexecuted (3)

Aspect

Plan, elevation and profile with a plain pedestal with projecting ends, surmounted by squat fluted columns decorated with coronets in medallions, supporting strigilated urns. Set back in the centre is a sarcophagus with scrolled pediment. On top is a bust set into a circular concave fluted recess within a pyramid ornamented with a wreath and swags, and with naval trophies at the base

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    datable to 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (365 x 524)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias

Literature

Roscoe, 2009, p. 1082
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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