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[1] Design for a funerary monument, 1769, Adam volume 19/43 executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/41
Purpose
[1] Design for a funerary monument, 1769, Adam volume 19/43 executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a wall-mounted funerary monument, with a central circular inscription panel, enclosed within a fluted frame, and with rinceaux and anthemia in each corner, and the whole set within a square frame of acanthus leaves, flanked by terms in profile, ornamented with drops of calyx, and enclosed rosettes, with an apron of ox skulls, festoons, rosettes, and a central coat of arms, and surmounted by a frieze of triglyphs alternating with lozenge-shaped portrait medallions, and this is surmounted by volutes, ornamented with rosettes and anthemia, supporting winged putto, and flanking an urn
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (286 x 399)
Hand
Different Adam office hands, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 267
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 267
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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