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Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/2/32

Purpose

[7] Preliminary design for the funerary monument of Admiral Boscawen, 1761, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation with a pedestal containing an inscription panel, supporting a sarcophagus carrying a naval scene, surmounted by a bust on a socle, naval trophies and a rostral column against a pyramid in relief

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    datable to 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (108 x 223)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

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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