Architecture -- Adam, William -- Alexander Fraser of Strichen
£1,000
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
Manuscript elevation, plan and section of an obelisk and pedestal, 330 x 155mm., dated 4 August 1725 on verso, with the names of Alexander Fraser and WIlliam Adam scored through; Contract between Mr Alexander Fraser of Strichen Advocat and William Adam for "a pedestal and obelisk ovoid... twenty two foot high", one leaf, integral blank, signatures of Alexander Fraser and WIlliam Adam scored through. 4 August 1725; Adam, William A.L.S. to Mr Alexander Fraser of Strichen detailing his account and requesting settlement, 20th Feb. 1730;
Adam, William A.L.S. to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Strichen, requesting urgent payment, one leaf, integral blank, 28th Nov. 1730 (4)
Footnote
Note: The mausoleum seems to have been planned by Alexander Fraser, 7th Fraser of Strichen, to commemorate his brother James, 6th of Strichen who had died without issue.
Provenance: Acquired from the late Lord Lovat (d.1995). Upon the death of Colonel Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat (1736-1815), without legitimate surviving male issue, the Lovat estates were transferred, by entail, to Thomas Alexander Fraser (1802-1875), a distant cousin who was descended from Thomas Fraser of Knockie & Strichen (1548-1612), second son of Alexander Fraser, 4th Lord Lovat (1527-1557).