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Reference number

SM Adam volume 9/72 verso

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for the funerary monument of Major General James Wolfe, 1759, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation with a sarcophagus with a curved top containing an inscription panel, supporting a relief panel surmounted by an obelisk in relief ornamented with a medallion. The whole is flanked by pedestals surmounted by fluted columns

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1759
    datable to 1759

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (375 x 236)

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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