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[1] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1762, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/2/10
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1762, unexecuted
Aspect
Two rough variant elevations of a monument, one with a deep stylobate, supporting a rectangular pedestal containing an inscription panel and festoons, flanked by Doric pilasters, and supporting a bust on a socle, flanked by caryatids supporting a pediment with anthemia acroteria, and the other monument has a deep stylobate, supporting a rectangular pedestal containing an inscription panel, flanked by Doric pilasters, and supporting a band of Vitruvian scroll, surmounted by a bust on a socle, which is flanked by sculpted winged figures, and columns supporting a fluted frieze, and a pediment composed of volutes, and surmounted by an anthemia
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1762
datable to 1762
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and pen on laid paper (129 x 86)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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