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[2] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1762, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/2/11
Purpose
[2] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1762, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a monument with a deep stylobate, supporting a rectangular pedestal containing a tabula insulata-shaped inscription panel, and festoons, with the central portion of the pedestal projecting, and with a frieze of Vitruvian scroll, and the pedestal is surmounted by a bust on a socle, and flanked by sculpted winged figures, and columns supporting a fluted frieze, and a pediment composed of volutes, and with anthemia acroteria
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1762
datable to 1762
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and pen on laid paper (91 x 88)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
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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