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  • image SM Adam volume 19/81

Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/81

Purpose

[10] Finished drawing for a funerary monument to Robert Child, 1782, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a monument as Adam volume 19/82, but with a higher base, a portrait medallion on the urn previously carrying an inscription, and surmounted by a flaming urn

Scale

3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

No 2 / (and in pencil) Crest / Acorns / Crest / Acorns / instead of the head / with letters / obut (sic) 22 Inches

Signed and dated

  • 1782
    datable to 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil wash and olive green wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (281 x 448)

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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