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[1] Preliminary design for a funerary monument for Richard Verney, 13th Lord Willoughby de Broke, c1758-72, unexecuted
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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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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