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[9] Design for a funerary monument to Robert Child, 1782, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/82
Purpose
[9] Design for a funerary monument to Robert Child, 1782, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a monument as Adam volume 19/80, but set against a pyramid in relief, and this is set against a window, and with a pencil-drawn putto to the right-hand side
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
[R]OB[ERT] / To the MEMORY of ROB[ERT] (in pencil) and some dimensions given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1782
datable to 1782
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (339 x 434)
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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