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Reference number

SM Adam volume 3/82

Purpose

[8] Record drawing for a tripartite mirror frame for the great parlour, c1783, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite mirror frame as SM Adam volume 20/244, with minor alterations. The reclining figures bearing musical instruments are omitted, and in their place there are recumbent sphinxes

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

[_ _ _ _.] / Glass / (and in pencil) Glass- £11 / Frame Carving only- 4.4 / painting- -18 / - 16.2 / Joyners wood ^ work to frame- 2.10 / - 18.12 / ornament painting 1.1 / -19.13

Signed and dated

  • c1783
    c1783

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (247 x 347)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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