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[63] Preliminary designs for ornamental panels, c1775, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 5/18
Purpose
[63] Preliminary designs for ornamental panels, c1775, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevations of ornamental panels. On the left-hand side there is a faint panel elevation ornamented with a pedestal surmounted by wreaths and an urn bearing an anthemion. On the right-hand-side there is an elevation for a panel with a pedestal with turned feet and ornamented with a cameo and ram masks. This supports an urn ornamented with gadrooning, a figurative scene, a band of lozenges and an anthemion. Above this there is a cameo depicting a pegasus enclosed within a wreath of vine leaves, and this is surmounted by arabesques, a basket and anthemion
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Lower long pannels
Signed and dated
- c1775
c1775
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (262 x 500)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 27
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 27
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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