[9] Finished drawing showing a plan and elevation of the third 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 designs and finished drawing for the third scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/21

Purpose

[9] Finished drawing showing a plan and elevation of the third scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and elevation of a funerary monument, with a stylobate, supporting a fluted sarcophagus, containing an inscription panel. The sarcophagus supports a drum, ornamented with a cameo, and surmounted by a gadrooned urn. This drum and urn are flanked by Doric columns, supporting a frieze of ox skulls connected by festoons, and alternating with rosettes, and a pediment. The whole is set against a pyramid in relief, which is triangular in plan, and ornamented with roundels, a band of Vitruvian scroll, and a central niche ornamented with a fan in the semi-dome

Scale

bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

1775
datable to 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (594 x 443)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

PVL

Notes

Adam volume 19/21 newly attributed by Frances Sands.

Literature

For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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