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[1] Finished drawing for a funerary monument, 1763, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/39
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for a funerary monument, 1763, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular wall-mounted monument, supported by consoles with a band of festoons and an ox skull in between. The stiles are ornamented with volutes. There is a central inscription panel surmounted by volutes ornamented with anthemia, and a central oval coat of arms
Scale
bar scale of 1 4/5 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Monumental Pannel for an Inscription (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1763
Robt Adam Architect 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (336 x 277)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
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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