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Design for an urn on a pedestal. The urn has two handles and a pine cone finial. It stands on a square plinth decorated with an eagle above a swag and a lion mask. Below the urn and to its right are unfinished drawings of a foot and a hand. There are pen tryouts at the top left of the sheet
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/67
Purpose
Design for an urn on a pedestal. The urn has two handles and a pine cone finial. It stands on a square plinth decorated with an eagle above a swag and a lion mask. Below the urn and to its right are unfinished drawings of a foot and a hand. There are pen tryouts at the top left of the sheet
Aspect
Elevation and detailsVerso, drawing of deciduous foliage
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 67
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 1756
Medium and dimensions
Pen, black chalk; verso black chalk157 x 110
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Drawing of deciduous foliage in black chalk.
Notes
There are similar urn compositions in Adam vol.55/114 and all may be related to those given in Giovanni Battista Piranesi's collected edition of Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcophagi, etc., Rome, 1778. The drawings of the hand and foot show that the sheet has been re-used, as does the foliage on the verso. The figure drawings on the verso of Adam vol.54/Series 5/5 are similar to those here.
Level
Drawing
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