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[7] Design for a funerary monument to Robert Child, 1782, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/79
Purpose
[7] Design for a funerary monument to Robert Child, 1782, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a wall-mounted monument, with a rectangular base with a segmental bow at the bottom flanked by guttae, and containing a rectangular inscription panel, and an oval medallion. This is surmounted by an urn containing an inscription, flanked by putti. the whole is set against a pyramid in relief resting on ball feet, ornamented with an eagle in a wreath, and surmounted by a small flaming urn
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
[R]OB[ERT] / To [the] MEMORY OF ROBETRT CHILD Esq / White (in pencil) and some dimensions in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1782
datable to 1782
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including sepia on laid paper (319 x 426)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
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
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