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[11] Design for a pedestal and urn, 1781
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/67
Purpose
[11] Design for a pedestal and urn, 1781
Aspect
Elevation of a tapering pedestal raised on a plain socle and ornamented with tablets containing lion masks, set within a roundel and encircled by a band of laurel-leaf tips, and with an apron of guttae. This all supports an urn, ornamented with gadrooning and festoons of beading, and surmounted by an acorn
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
For Henry Drummond Esq.r
Signed and dated
- Jan 1781
Adelphi / 12. Janry 1781
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (235 x 431)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
Harris, 1963, p. 55, 102-3, pl. 143
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 55, 102-3, pl. 143
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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