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  • image SM Adam volume 21/200

Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/200

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design showing a rough elevation of the first scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation of a funerary monument, with a stepped stylobate, supporting a drum ornamented with a cameo, festoons, a frieze of enclosed rosettes, and ram masks. The drum is flanked by caryatids, supporting a rectangular inscription panel, and surmounted by an urn

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Monument for the Earl of Glasgow

Signed and dated

  • 1775
    datable to 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (228 x 171)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 54
For a full list of literature reference 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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