Design for the Elevation of a Sepulchral Monument, Probably for the Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart (died 1788)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1793
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two sections of circular steps lead to a circular platform. They are interrupted at radial diameters by four pedestals each. The corner ones are empty. The upper ones carry other pedestals with urns with flames; at the corners of the pedestals sit female figures. Upon the platform stands upon a high square vase, a slightly altered variation of the design of the second and higher stories in -1263. Burning lamps stand upon the entablature of the lower pedestals. A sarcophagus stands in front of the vase and the lower part of the lower pedestal. A sarcophagus stands in front of the vase and the lower part of the lower pedestal. It is carried by courching lions, shown in profile, and two figures lie upon the cover. Above at right, and below at left, are two parts of the plan. Colored background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-1264
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.5 x 19.9 cm (10 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.)