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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/55

Purpose

[15] Unfinished design for a table slab, 1779, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a table slab ornamented with a central rosette enclosed within a wreath, and the slab is bordered with bands of fleur-de-lis and olive leaves

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Slab for George Drummond Esquire / 55 (pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1779
    1779-

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (280 x 221)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

W

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
Harris, 1963, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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