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Academic study for the design for a square funerary urn with asymmetrical relief decoration with a central inscription panel. Below the panel is a small bust within a circular relief supported by two putti.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/42
Purpose
Academic study for the design for a square funerary urn with asymmetrical relief decoration with a central inscription panel. Below the panel is a small bust within a circular relief supported by two putti.
Aspect
Perspectiveverso diagram
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 42
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen118 x 167
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Outline of a diagram in pencil and grey ink wash.
Notes
This design is a version of the square urn shown in Adam vol.9/32 verso; it also relates, albeit less closely, to drawings in Adam vol.55/59 and 117. The decoration is conspicuously asymmetrical, perhaps suggesting it represents alternative designs.
Level
Drawing
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