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[2] Finished drawing showing a plan and elevation for the first scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/15
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing showing a plan and elevation for the first scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a funerary monument, with a stepped stylobate, supporting a pedestal ornamented with a cameo, festoons, a frieze of enclosed rosettes, and ram masks. The pedestal is flanked by caryatids, supporting a rectangular inscription panel, and surmounted by an urn ornamented with sphinxes. The whole is set against a pyramid in relief, and with a rough pencil-drawn pedimented temple behind
Scale
bar scale of 4/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Monument for the late Earl of Glasgow
Signed and dated
- 1775
datable to 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (338 x 529)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 54
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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