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[2] Design for a funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/58
Purpose
[2] Design for a funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a funerary monument, with a rectangular stylobate, surmounted by a fluted rectangular inscription panel with an apron of an ox skull flanked by festoons. There is a diagonal projection on each corner of the stylobate supporting a caryatids in antique dress, surmounted by a frieze of enclosed rosettes, and flaming urns connected by festoons. The frieze supports anthemia and acanthus acroteria at each corner, flanking a segmental pediment ornamented with an enclosed rosette flanked by festoons. behind the segmental pediment is a fluted socle, supporting a large urn ornamented with gadrooning and acanthus leaves
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- 1775
datable to 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (287 x 443)
Hand
Adam office, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 59
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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