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[5] Finished drawing for a free-standing funerary monument, 1778, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/36
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for a free-standing funerary monument, 1778, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a free-standing funerary monument, with a rectangular pedestal, supported by a stylobate, containing an inscription panel, flanked by consoles. This supports a fluted sarcophagus, containing a tablet ornamented with arms, mitre, crozier and inverted torch. The sarcophagus is surmounted by a bust on a socle within a circular recess, and it is flanked by Ionic pilasters, supporting enclosed rosettes and a broken-base pediment
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/3 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Monument for the late Right Reverend Dr. James Johnson (underwritten in pencil) / Lord Bishop of Worcester.
Signed and dated
- 1778
datable to 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (323 x 443)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 267
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 267
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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