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[1] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/7
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a detail of a funerary monument, composed of a gothic casket, ornamented with coats of arms, triangular-headed niches containing urns and caskets, with niches containing miniature figurative sculptures in between, and surmounted by a recumbent sculpture and a seated sculpture behind, both wearing coronets
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Lord Milton
Signed and dated
- 1775
datable to 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (259 x 204)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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