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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/124

Purpose

[38] Unfinished design for an overmantel mirror frame for the first drawing room, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of an overmantel mirror frame ornamented with bands of acanthus leaves and surmounted by a central square tablet containing a figurative roundel. The tablet is surmounted by a tripod bearing and urn ornamented with gadrooning, ram masks, and guilloche, and the tripod is flanked by winged putti bearing festoons. The central tablet is flanked by cameos containing urns, and these are linked with festoons

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame over Chimney in 1.t Drawing room at Sir Watkin Wynns / the Top(?) [_ _ _ _] all [_ _ _] am (cropped) (pencil) / will be heavy & expensive (pencil) / Chimney /124 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • August 1773
    Adelphi Aug.st 9(?) / 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (291 x 446)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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