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[3] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1762, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/2/19
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1762, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a monument, with a deep stylobate, supporting a rectangular pedestal, with the central portion projecting, and ornamented with a medallion, flanked by further decoration - possibly musical instruments, and with a fluted frieze, and the pedestal is surmounted by a bust on a socle, in front of a wreath, and within a square foliate frame, and surmounted by a fluted frieze, and a pediment composed of two 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 (69 x 90)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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