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[8] Finished drawing for the funerary monument of Major General James Wolfe, 1759, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/11
Purpose
[8] Finished drawing for the funerary monument of Major General James Wolfe, 1759, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation with a segmental-topped sarcophagus ornamented with strigillation, acroteria and military trophies, supporting a rectangular relief panel depicting Wolfe's death scene, flanked by caryatids in the form of two captured enemy soldiers, surmounted by a tablet of angels, a band of Vitruvian scroll, and winged griffons flanking an urn. The whole is flanked by pedestals ornamented with ram masks, supporting caskets and fluted columns, and with a pyramid in relief behind
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1759
datable to 1759
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (657 x 848)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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