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[10] Design for a funerary monument, 1762, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/24
Purpose
[10] Design for a funerary monument, 1762, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a wall-mounted monument, supported by two consoles ornamented with acanthus leaves, and with an inscription, ox skull, and swags in between, surmounted by a book, a relief medallion, a strigillated sarcophagus, and a figure is seated against the sarcophagus in contemporary dress
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1762
datable to 1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (296 x 430)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias or Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 266
Roscoe, 2009, p. 1161
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 266
Roscoe, 2009, p. 1161
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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