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[23] Finished drawing for a funerary monument, 1761, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/65
Purpose
[23] Finished drawing for a funerary monument, 1761, as executed
Aspect
Plan, elevation, profile, and section of a rectangular monument, with a pedestal ornamented with enclosed rosettes, and a tabula ansata-shaped inscription panel, surmounted by a sarcophagus with eight block feet, and ornamented with Doric pilasters, strigilation, festoons, a roundel, a frieze of fluting and rosettes, a lid ornamented with laurel leaves, and pediments containing arabesques in the tympanum, and acroteria enclosing anthemia
Scale
bar scale of 9/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Countess of Shelburne / Bowood (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1761
datable to 1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash, and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (508 x 378)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
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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