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[1] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/163
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a funerary monument, with a stylobate surmounted by a rectangular inscription panel with an apron of an ox skull flanked by festoons. There is a diagonal projection at each corner of the stylobate surmounted by caryatids, supporting a frieze ornamented with swags. The frieze is surmounted by acroteria flanking a segmental pediment ornamented with a roundel. Behind the segmental pediment is a fluted socle supporting a large urn ornamented with gadrooning
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1775
datable to 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (119 x 218)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references 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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