[1] Preliminary design for a funerary monument for Richard Verney, 13th Lord Willoughby de Broke, c1758-72, unexecuted

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  - Compton Verney chapel, Warwickshire: Monument to the Hon. John Verney, commissioned by the 14th Lord Willoughby de Broke, c1760, executed (2)
    - Preliminary design and finished drawing for a funerary monument for Richard Verney, 13th Lord Willoughby de Broke, c1758-72, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/2/33

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a funerary monument for Richard Verney, 13th Lord Willoughby de Broke, c1758-72, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation and profile, with a pedestal ornamented with a band of fluting and swags, and with consoles supporting a sarcophagus. The sarcophagus is ornamented with a double-portrait medallion, strigillation, and a pediment, and set against a pyramid in relief ornamented with a coat of arms

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

1758-72
date range: 1758-72

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (136 x 199)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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