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[8] Design for a funerary monument to Robert Child, 1782, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/80
Purpose
[8] Design for a funerary monument to Robert Child, 1782, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a monument, with a pedestal, surmounted by a sarcophagus-shaped inscription panel. The sarcophagus is flanked by pedestals ornamented with oval medallions and surmounted by flaming urns. the sarcophagus is surmounted by an urn containing an inscription, flanked by winged putti
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
[R]OB[ERT] / To the Memory of (in pencil partly over written in pen)
Signed and dated
- 1782
datable to 1782
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (303 x 396)
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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