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  • image Adam vol.9/42

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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