[2] Finished drawing showing a plan and elevation for the first scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Monuments and mausolea
  - Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire: monument to John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow, probably commissioned by Elizabeth, Countess of Glasgow, 1775, as executed (14)
    - Preliminary design and finished drawings for the first scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted (3)

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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.

Level

Drawing

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