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  • image SM Adam volume 19/39

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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