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[2] Preliminary designfor the funerary monument of Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Townshend, 1760, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/2/8
Purpose
[2] Preliminary designfor the funerary monument of Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Townshend, 1760, executed with alterations
Aspect
Rough perspective within a lancet arch, with an inscription panel surmounted by an indistinct coat of arms, and flanked by two atlantes in Roman dress, supporting a scroll-topped sarcophagus containing a relief panel depicting Townshend's death scene and ornamental panels of military standards, and surmounted by military trophies, and set against a pyramid in relief
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1760
datable to 1760
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and sepia wash on laid paper (217 x 322)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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