[70] Preliminary design for a pedestal and urn, c1777, possibly executed

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    - Home House, Portman Square, number 17 (now 20), London, for the Countess of Home, 1775-78 (73)
      - Preliminary designs and design for a pedestal, urns and tripods, c1777-1778, possibly executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/7/265

Purpose

[70] Preliminary design for a pedestal and urn, c1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a pedestal supporting an urn ornamented with a central cameo set within a tablet surmounted by a band of fluting and rosettes. The pedestal bears an urn ornamented with gadrooning, ram mask and festoons, a figurative scene and bands of Vitruvian scroll

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Lady Homes.

Signed and dated

c1777
c1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (152 x 254)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Verso

Preliminary design for a claw foot(?) (in pencil)

Watermark

Crowned heraldic roundel

Literature

Harris, 1963, p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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