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Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/2

Purpose

[14] Finished drawing for the funerary monument of Admiral Boscawen, unexecuted, 1761

Aspect

Elevation and side elevation as Adam volume 54/2/29, but with a bow fronted pedestal, and the bust on a lower, more ornate, shaped socle
  • image SM Adam volume 19/2

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Admiral Boscawen (in pen) / Anchor & Trident / Trophys raised / Astragal & frieze & the festoon & head/ taken away / The Arms on one Side of the / projection of the pedestal & Lo[---] being seven [--] Ta[----] (in pencil and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    datable to 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (348 x 500)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

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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