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  • image SM Adam volume 20/166

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/166

Purpose

[40] Design for a mirror frame for the second drawing room, 1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a mirror frame as SM Adam volume 20/165, but to a larger scale and with minor alterations. The base of the stiles contains an additional shield ornamented with arabesques, and the stiles are surmounted by recumbent lions

Inscribed

Glass frame between Doors in 2.d Drawing room at Lady Home's- / 166 / (and in pencil) Should be 5 8 10

Signed and dated

  • May 1777
    Adelphi / May 1777.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (354x603)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Lewis, 1967, p. 448
Whinney, 1969, pp. 50, 65
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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