[15] Design for the fourth scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Monuments and mausolea
  - Bowood Mausoleum, Calne, Wiltshire: mausoleum and monument to John Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne, commissioned by Mary Fitzmaurice, Countess of Shelburne, 1761, executed (23)
    - Preliminary designs, designs and finished drawings for the fourth scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, as executed (9)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/79

Purpose

[15] Design for the fourth scheme for the mausoleum, 1761, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a mausoleum in the shape of a Greek cross, with a door in one transept of the cross, a central octagonal column, and catacombs in each corner and the other three transepts

Scale

1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Mausoleum and Catacombs for Lady Shelburne / at Bowood (all in the hand of William Adam) and dimensions and rough calculations given

Signed and dated

1761
datable to 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (481 x 518)

Hand

Robert Adam, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
Beard, 1978, p. 40
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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