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London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for a rectangular panel showing a battle scene outside the gate of a fortified town. On the right is a figure in uniform dying on a bed beneath tree canopy, with a cannon to one side. The figure is surrounded by weeping figures in contemporary dress.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/59
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for a rectangular panel showing a battle scene outside the gate of a fortified town. On the right is a figure in uniform dying on a bed beneath tree canopy, with a cannon to one side. The figure is surrounded by weeping figures in contemporary dress.
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Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown wash with white heightening, partly oxidised, on brown washed paper
162 x 779 with three vertical fold lines
Hand
Antonio Zucchi (attributed to)
Notes
This composition is in the series of reliefs of contemporary and historic battles (Adam vol.7/47-59), all intended to be part of a programme of iconographical decoration for James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/63. The drawings are probably all by Antonio Zucchi (1726-95), with his characteristic use of brown paper.
This scene is contemporary with the eighteenth-century battle scenes in the series and can be compared with the iconography used in Adam vol.7/52 for the surrender of Montreal. This possibly depicts another incident in that campaign, where General Wolf was fatally wounded in battle.
This scene is contemporary with the eighteenth-century battle scenes in the series and can be compared with the iconography used in Adam vol.7/52 for the surrender of Montreal. This possibly depicts another incident in that campaign, where General Wolf was fatally wounded in battle.
Level
Drawing
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