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  • image SM Adam volume 19/80

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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