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Reference number

SM Adam volume 5/6

Purpose

[71] Preliminary design for a tripod and urn, c1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation and plan of a tripod and urn set within a niche. The tripod has sabre legs with paw feet and is ornamented with ram masks and festoons. The urn is ornamented with an oil lamp and a band of half-rosettes, and all this is surmounted by a fan

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • c1777
    c1777

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (207 x 497)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

J KOOL surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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