Explore Collections

You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
[4] Preliminary design for a funerary monument to Robert Child, 1782, unexecuted
Browse
Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/15
Purpose
[4] Preliminary design for a funerary monument to Robert Child, 1782, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of two monuments. The left-hand monument is wall-mounted, and composed of an oval compartment, with a central rectangular inscription panel, supporting an urn flanked by putti. The right-hand monument is composed of a rectangular pedestal, supporting a sarcophagus containing an inscription panel, and surmounted by an urn, and flanked by pedestals ornamented with oval compartments, and supporting shafts surmounted by urns
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1782
datable to 1782
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (297 x 183)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 24
King, 2001, Volume II, Index p. 265
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, Index p. 265
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
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk